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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- night [naɪt]
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1.
n
the period of darkness each 24 hours between sunset and sunrise, as distinct from day
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2.
n
[modifier]
of, occurring, working, etc, at night
- a night nurse
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3.
n
the occurrence of this period considered as a unit
- four nights later they left
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4.
n
the period between sunset and retiring to bed; evening
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5.
n
the time between bedtime and morning
- she spent the night alone
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6.
n
the weather conditions of the night
- a clear night
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7.
n
the activity or experience of a person during a night
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8.
n
[sometimes capital]
any evening designated for a special observance or function
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9.
n
nightfall or dusk
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10.
n
a state or period of gloom, ignorance, etc
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11.
n
[Etymology]
Old English niht; compare Dutch nacht, Latin nox, Greek nux
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1.
n
the period of darkness each 24 hours between sunset and sunrise, as distinct from day
Examples
- night and day {or} day and night
- 日日夜夜 → night
- riding all through the night
- 通宵骑马(或乘车) → all
- to happen at night
- 夜晚发生 → at
- to average six hours of sleep a night
- 每晚平均睡6小时 → average
- He worked away all night.
- 他通宵达旦地工作。 → away
- to travel by night
- 在夜间旅行 → by
- the dead of night
- 深更半夜，深夜 → dead
- in the deep of night
- 深夜 → deep
- the lonely feeling of the city at night
- 城市在夜幕中的寂寞气氛 → feeling
- Night had fled.
- 黑夜已消逝。 → flee
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