n.
- 夜;晚上[C][U]
We arrived at the village before
night fell.
我們在夜幕降臨前到達那個村莊。
They stayed three
nights at the hotel.
他們在旅館裡住了三夜。
- (夜晚的)活動;(演出的)夜場[C]
- 黑暗;黑暗時期[C]
a.
- 夜晚的,夜間的
I took the
night train to the town.
我乘夜車到那個城鎮去。
- 夜晚使用的
- 夜晚活動的;夜間工作的
She is a
night nurse.
她是值夜班的護士。
片語
all night (long)
- 整夜
She sat by her sick husband
all night.
她整夜坐在生病的丈夫身邊。
at night
- 在夜裡
They usually keep a light on
at night.
他們通常夜裡開著燈。
by night
- 在夜間
He used to work in an office by day and drive a taxi
by night.
他過去白天在辦公室上班,晚上開計程車。
have a good night
- 睡得好
I haven't
had a good night for so long.
我已經很久沒睡好覺了。
have/take a night off
- 晚上不工作
I will
have a night off today.
我今天晚上不工作了。
in the night
- 在夜裡
I woke up several times
in the night.
我夜裡醒過好幾次。
night after night
- 一夜又一夜地
He went out drinking
night after night.
他每天晚上出去喝酒。
night and day
- 日以繼夜地
They had been traveling
night and day for a whole week.
他們日夜兼程已有整整一星期。
What is done by night appears by day.
- 若要人不知,除非己莫為。
辨析
n.
- the time from sunset to sunrise.
▸this as the interval between two days.
- the darkness of night.
▸literary nightfall.
- an evening.
adv.
(
nights)
informal, chiefly N. Amer. at night.
exclam.
informal goodnight.
Derivative
Etymology
OE neaht, niht, of Gmc origin.