n.
- 夜；晚上[C][U]
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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
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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
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She is a
night nurse.
她是值夜班的護士。
片語
all night (long)
- 整夜
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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
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They usually keep a light on
at night.
他們通常夜裡開著燈。
by night
- 在夜間
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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
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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
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I will
have a night off today.
我今天晚上不工作了。
in the night
- 在夜裡
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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
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He went out drinking
night after night.
他每天晚上出去喝酒。
night and day
- 日以繼夜地
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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.
