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night AHD[nīt] D.J.[naɪt]K.K.[naɪt]n.（名词）- The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.夜晚：从日落到日出的一段时间，尤指不见光的时间
- This period considered as a unit of time:夜间：被视作时间单位的一段时间：for two nights running.过两夜
- This period considered from its conditions:夜晚：从状态上考虑的这一段时间：a rainy night.下雨的夜晚
- The period between dusk and midnight of a given day:某一天中从黄昏到午夜的时间：either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.星期四深夜或星期五凌晨
- The period between evening and bedtime.从傍晚到就寝的这一段时间
- This period considered from its activities:某种活动举行的夜晚：a night at the opera.歌剧之夜
- This period set aside for a specific purpose:有某特定目的夜晚时间：Parents' Night at school.学校家长之夜
- The period between bedtime and morning:从就寝到隔天早晨的这段时间：spent the night at a motel.在汽车旅馆过了一夜
- One's sleep during this period:睡眠的这段时间：had a restless night.一夜未眠
- Nightfall:夜幕降临：worked from morning to night.从早到晚地工作
- Darkness:黑暗：vanished into the night.消逝在夜色中
- A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair:幽暗，绝望的时刻：忧郁、沉闷、烦躁或绝望的时期或状况："In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning"(F. Scott Fitzgerald)“凌晨三点钟往往是灵魂最黑暗的时候”(F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德)
- A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values:道德伦理沦丧时刻：缺乏道德观念或伦理价值的时期或状况："He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed"(Anthony Lewis)“他从来不会让我们恣意地堕入个人贪欲的深渊”(安东尼·刘易斯)
adj.（形容词）- Of or relating to the night:夜晚的：夜晚的或与夜晚有关的：the night air.夜间的微风
- Intended for use at night:用于夜晚的：a night light.夜间照明灯
- Working during the night:夜间工作的：the night nurse.值夜的护士
- Active chiefly at night:主要在夜间活动的：night prowlers.夜贼
- Occurring after dark:天黑后进行的：night baseball.夜间进行的棒球运动
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English niht * see nek w-t- 源自 古英语 niht * 参见 nek w-t-
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