n.
- 夜;晚上[C][U]
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We arrived at the village before
night fell.
我们在夜幕降临前到达那个村庄。
They stayed three
nights at the hotel.
他们在旅馆里住了三夜。
- (夜晚的)活动;(演出的)夜场[C]
- 黑暗;黑暗时期[C]
a.
- 夜晚的,夜间的
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I took the
night train to the town.
我乘夜车到那个城镇去。
- 夜晚使用的
- 夜晚活动的;夜间工作的
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She is a
night nurse.
她是值夜班的护士。
短语
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边。
at night
- 在夜里
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They usually keep a light on
at night.
他们通常夜里开着灯。
by night
- 在夜间
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He used to work in an office by day and drive a taxi
by night.
他过去白天在办公室上班,晚上开出租车。
have a good night
- 睡得好
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I haven't
had a good night for so long.
我已经很久没睡好觉了。
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
- 在夜里
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I woke up several times
in the night.
我夜里醒过好几次。
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
- 日以继夜地
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They had been traveling
night and day for a whole week.
他们日夜兼程已有整整一星期。
What is done by night appears by day.
- 若要人不知,除非己莫为。
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.