Definition of night in English:

night

noun nʌɪtnaɪt

1The period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.
a moonless night
一个没有月亮的夜晚。
the door is always locked at night
夜里办公室的门总是锁着的。
Example sentencesExamples
- She loved starry nights, sunrises and sunsets, the moon, snow… her list could go on and on.
- If the problem exists only at night, a medicine to reduce the volume of urine in the night is prescribed.
- A blackout at night might seem strange especially when the consumption of electricity during nights is half of the total national electricity production.
- At night he sleeps in warehouses or under trees, no doubt worrying how he will manage to feed his children on such a paltry sum.
- At night, the residents retired to the few cellars that had not been destroyed by a decade of war.
- At night the sky had been swept clean of clouds and the stars were blazing in the moonless night.
- At night, the nine slept by four separate campfires, divided along gender and age lines.
- At night it will glow bright white and it will look quite beautiful.
- They are allowed outside in a pen during the day, but at night they are put inside with an arc heater to increase their chance of survival during the colder nights.
- He says he has been unable to sleep at night and has been prescribed sleeping tablets by the doctor to help get through the night.
- At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold.
- She loved going in there at night, especially on nights that the moon was full and shining brightly through the glass sun room.
- At night the convicts either slept in their seats or, if they were lucky, bunked down at a county jail en route.
- Sam hated to drive at night, especially a night such as this when it was cold and windy.
- At night, whole streets are kept awake by sirens which are just as loud as car horns, but unlike car horns they are not illegal.
- At night they are beautiful, illuminating as they do the splendour of the area.
- At night, down on the water, they seem just beyond grasp, unreachably distant, like the past itself.
- At night, the moonlight that came through the doors was fantastic and mysterious.
- At night, this normally meek youth disturbed his fellow novices with violent ravings in his nightmares.
- At night no one's talking to anyone; people make noise because there is no one to listen.
Synonyms
darkness, dark, hours of darkness, night-time, dead of night
1. 1.1 The night as the interval between two days.
  一夜
  supplements per person per night
  每人每夜的补给品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It makes perfect sense: a one-bed or studio flat is considerably cheaper per night than a hotel.
  For example, the estimated time limit could be set at five days and the cost per night at £200.
  Rates start at £196 per person per night, for a standard room with two people sharing.
  The cost is 5 per night per person but the school has shouldered the bulk of the costs.
  My June break cost from £90 per person for two nights, bed, breakfast and evening meal.
  The total cost of three nights accommodation and return flights is €710 per person, based on two people in single occupancy rooms.
  Self-catering cottages for two nights cost from €139 per cottage.
  Prices start at just £455 per person for seven nights accommodation in a twin room on a half-board basis, including direct flights and transfers.
  A package including return flights and two nights ' accommodation costs €495 per person.
  Rooms cost €65 per person for two nights bed and breakfast throughout the autumn.
  The package for three nights and seven days costs Rs.21,999 per person on twin sharing basis, including the stay in a four star hotel.
  Prices start at £185 per night for a suite with a Chelsea view, based on one or two people sharing.
  A run with an upscale private cabin for two nights costs about $230 per person.
  The trip, including flight and five nights in the Hotel Solitude, costs 570 per person.
  Prices are per person for two nights' bed and breakfast with dinner on the first night, based on two people sharing a double room.
  Flights and self-catering accommodation for seven nights costs €400 per person sharing.
  These prices are per room per night and include dinner and breakfast for two people.
  Rates: $400 per person for four nights, which includes three days of lift tickets and enormous breakfasts.
  With prices starting at £209 per person for seven nights' accommodation you cannot afford to miss this offer.
  The cost for adults is 12 for four nights and 2 for teenagers per night.
2. 1.2 The darkness of night.
  黑夜，夜色
  a line of watchfires stretched away into the night
  一排营火延伸在夜色中。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Into the web we went, deeper and deeper into the night and into the darkness of the maze.
3. 1.3literary Nightfall.
  〈诗/文〉黄昏
  Synonyms
  night-time, darkness, hours of darkness
2The period between afternoon and bedtime; an evening.
晚上
he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights
周一至周五晚上他都不许外出。
Example sentencesExamples
- Last night she ate her dinner and she gobbled five peppermints right out of my hand.
- Last night again, the fight ended in favour of the man from Edinburgh.
- Last night ended up being one of the happiest nights of my life.
- Last night, some parents said they were dismayed at the latest hike in fees which far outweighs yearly salary rises.
- Last night's Eastern Evening News has predicted that I will win North Norfolk.
- Single parents were given the evening off last night while their kids did a spot of Christmas shopping.
- Last night, in a fit of pique, just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane.
- The three party leaders spoke with one voice in the Evening Press last night.
- Last night we went to East Berlin to have dinner and to tramp around some of the bars.
- Last night, I uttered five words, got up from my place at the table and left the restaurant without looking back.
- There was discussion of going to the pub, but like last night we were stuffed and tired, so decided on early nights instead.
- Last night, my friend would not allow his wife and a female friend to go down to their outside garage on their own.
- Last night was a quiet night in, just me and a few glasses of nice whiskey.
- On Friday night Chris approached us to do a skit for all the delegates after dinner on the last night.
- Last night I went out for a dinner that was both lovely and very very strange.
- Last night at dinner my Mother was talking about her arrangements to go down to Cork on Tuesday.
- We got to put all this domestic bliss into practice last night with a great evening.
- She hadn't stayed up as late as she had last night since the night she met Christopher.
- Of course, after a lot of late nights in a row, and with the flat so hot, there was little chance of me getting to sleep early last night.
- Last night we went for dinner with our host for the day, Henny, in Noordwijk.
1. 2.1 An evening characterized by a particular event or activity.
  a quiz night
  wasn't it a great night out?
  那（今）晚活动不是很有意思吗？
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Parent Staff Friends Association began fundraising two years ago with events such as quiz nights, a dance and a Christmas fair.
  It sounds more like a night in than a night out, but this is dining out Moroccan style.
  She was reported missing by her parents on Saturday morning after she failed to return from a night out.
  Saturday night is the big night out, but we all plan to go into the city first of all for some dinner.
  The next event is a quiz night on Friday at the Ramsey Memorial Hall, with tickets already selling fast.
  It is hoped to reach the appeal target by the end of 2004 and other events include wine and cheese evenings, quiz nights, a parish fun day and an outdoor play.
  The evening promises to be a great night out that helps raise money for a worthy cause.
  The restaurant has a cosy and relaxing feel to it, and the subtle lighting and candles make it ideal for a romantic night out.
  Mr Ewing said people in the community had already organised a large number of fundraising events including quiz nights, a pantomime and concerts.
  For the younger generation the Mardi Gras on Saturday night was their night out.
  Her ordeal began early on Friday morning after a night out in Marmaris.
  But I do hope they are still happy to be seen in public together, enjoying dinner or a night out.
  Patrons can place their bets in the bar and in the lounge on the night, so come along and enjoy a fun night out.
  Parents whose teenage children want to enjoy a popular night out will find buying tickets to the event easier from now on.
  This is a always a fun night out so come along and enjoy the quiz and support the school fund.
  The evening is an absorbing night out and one not to be lightly ignored.
  These types of smoker can get through a packet or two in a single night but then won't smoke until their next night out.
  This night out is then followed the following evening by Martin's birthday drinks down in Soho.
  We also intend to organize some social activities for example a Christmas night out.
  But at night he drove round searching for vulnerable women wanting cabs home after nights out in Manchester.

exclamation nʌɪtnaɪt

informal

short for goodnight

adverbnʌɪtnaɪt

nightsNorth American informal

During the night; at night.
investments that won't keep us awake nights with worry

Phrases

night and day

All the time; constantly.
整日整夜，夜以继日
she studied night and day
她夜以继日地学习。
Example sentencesExamples
- Would it be better if the city were dependent for its wealth on huge factories belching out pollution night and day?
- We do know that he's working night and day to acquire a nuclear weapon and perhaps to build one.
- Put simply, Scotland has to watch and listen, night and day, to every little thing that affects English sporting teams.
- I thought that was amazing, but then I realised that the woman was half-mad and would call on me night and day.
- The pyres burn night and day but it is illegal to photograph them.
- During the past week, the people involved in the project have worked night and day to have the centre ready for the opening.
- As the words flowed night and day, we felt we were giving voice to a new generation of rebels.
- You can labour night and day to give them a world that's comprehensible.
- For that last 18 months of his life she had always been by his side, night and day.
- Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day.
Synonyms
all the time, the entire time, around the clock, day and night, morning, noon, and night, day in, day out, without a break, ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly, interminably, constantly, unceasingly, perpetually, permanently, continuously, continually, eternally, unremittingly, remorselessly, relentlessly

Derivatives

nightless
〈诗/文〉黄昏

adjective

The Finnish countryside and the nightless night of the northern summer may for some also provide a unique opportunity to experience the "conflict" between day and night, the victory of light over darkness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Of the migration of geese, he had written, ‘The waste corn of Illinois is carried through the clouds to the Arctic tundras, there to combine with the waste sunlight of a nightless June to grow goslings for all the lands between.’
- The nightless night can last up to 60 days in Lapland, and from the middle of June until August, the sun never sets but hangs low over the horizon.
- There was no wind after they left for six days so they rowed and arrived at a nightless island called Lamnos.
- It's an unpretentious, stylish and not particularly original B movie about space travelers marooned on a nearly nightless desert planet.

Origin

Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux.

Although an Old English word, night comes ultimately from the same root as Latin nox, the source of equinox (Late Middle English) and nocturnal (Late Middle English). Fortnight (Old English) is an Old English contraction of ‘fourteen nights’, and reflects an ancient Germanic custom of reckoning time by nights rather than days. The original night of the long knives was the legendary massacre of the Britons by the Saxon leader Hengist in 472. According to the 12th-century Welsh chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Saxons attended a meeting armed with long knives, and when a prearranged signal was given each Saxon drew his weapon and killed the Briton seated next to him. The phrase is now more commonly associated with the brutal suppression of the Brownshirts (a Nazi militia replaced by the SS) on Hitler's orders in 1934. It is also used of any decisive or ruthless sacking, in particular the occasion in 1962 when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismissed a third of his cabinet at the same time. Nightmares are nothing to do with horses. In the Middle Ages a nightmare (Middle English) was thought of as an evil female spirit or monster that lay on sleeping people and suffocated them: the -mare part comes from Old English and meant ‘suffocating evil spirit’.

Rhymes

affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write

Definition of night in US English:

night

nounnītnaɪt

1The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise.
夜，夜晚
a moonless night
一个没有月亮的夜晚。
the office door is always locked at night
夜里办公室的门总是锁着的。
Example sentencesExamples
- If the problem exists only at night, a medicine to reduce the volume of urine in the night is prescribed.
- She loved starry nights, sunrises and sunsets, the moon, snow… her list could go on and on.
- At night it will glow bright white and it will look quite beautiful.
- At night, the residents retired to the few cellars that had not been destroyed by a decade of war.
- She loved going in there at night, especially on nights that the moon was full and shining brightly through the glass sun room.
- At night, this normally meek youth disturbed his fellow novices with violent ravings in his nightmares.
- At night he sleeps in warehouses or under trees, no doubt worrying how he will manage to feed his children on such a paltry sum.
- At night they are beautiful, illuminating as they do the splendour of the area.
- At night, whole streets are kept awake by sirens which are just as loud as car horns, but unlike car horns they are not illegal.
- At night, the moonlight that came through the doors was fantastic and mysterious.
- At night, down on the water, they seem just beyond grasp, unreachably distant, like the past itself.
- At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold.
- At night, the nine slept by four separate campfires, divided along gender and age lines.
- Sam hated to drive at night, especially a night such as this when it was cold and windy.
- At night the convicts either slept in their seats or, if they were lucky, bunked down at a county jail en route.
- A blackout at night might seem strange especially when the consumption of electricity during nights is half of the total national electricity production.
- At night no one's talking to anyone; people make noise because there is no one to listen.
- He says he has been unable to sleep at night and has been prescribed sleeping tablets by the doctor to help get through the night.
- At night the sky had been swept clean of clouds and the stars were blazing in the moonless night.
- They are allowed outside in a pen during the day, but at night they are put inside with an arc heater to increase their chance of survival during the colder nights.
Synonyms
darkness, dark, hours of darkness, night-time, dead of night
1. 1.1 The night as the interval between two days.
  一夜
  a two-bedroom cabin costs $90 per night
  somebody put him up for the night
  有人安排他过夜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Prices start at just £455 per person for seven nights accommodation in a twin room on a half-board basis, including direct flights and transfers.
  Self-catering cottages for two nights cost from €139 per cottage.
  For example, the estimated time limit could be set at five days and the cost per night at £200.
  The trip, including flight and five nights in the Hotel Solitude, costs 570 per person.
  The package for three nights and seven days costs Rs.21,999 per person on twin sharing basis, including the stay in a four star hotel.
  Prices start at £185 per night for a suite with a Chelsea view, based on one or two people sharing.
  These prices are per room per night and include dinner and breakfast for two people.
  A run with an upscale private cabin for two nights costs about $230 per person.
  Rates start at £196 per person per night, for a standard room with two people sharing.
  Prices are per person for two nights' bed and breakfast with dinner on the first night, based on two people sharing a double room.
  My June break cost from £90 per person for two nights, bed, breakfast and evening meal.
  It makes perfect sense: a one-bed or studio flat is considerably cheaper per night than a hotel.
  The cost for adults is 12 for four nights and 2 for teenagers per night.
  The cost is 5 per night per person but the school has shouldered the bulk of the costs.
  A package including return flights and two nights ' accommodation costs €495 per person.
  Rates: $400 per person for four nights, which includes three days of lift tickets and enormous breakfasts.
  With prices starting at £209 per person for seven nights' accommodation you cannot afford to miss this offer.
  Flights and self-catering accommodation for seven nights costs €400 per person sharing.
  The total cost of three nights accommodation and return flights is €710 per person, based on two people in single occupancy rooms.
  Rooms cost €65 per person for two nights bed and breakfast throughout the autumn.
2. 1.2 The darkness of night.
  黑夜，夜色
  a line of watchfires stretched away into the night
  一排营火延伸在夜色中。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Into the web we went, deeper and deeper into the night and into the darkness of the maze.
3. 1.3literary Nightfall.
  〈诗/文〉黄昏
  Synonyms
  night-time, darkness, hours of darkness
2The period of time between afternoon and bedtime; an evening.
晚上
he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights
周一至周五晚上他都不许外出。
Example sentencesExamples
- She hadn't stayed up as late as she had last night since the night she met Christopher.
- There was discussion of going to the pub, but like last night we were stuffed and tired, so decided on early nights instead.
- Last night, in a fit of pique, just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane.
- Last night, my friend would not allow his wife and a female friend to go down to their outside garage on their own.
- Last night we went to East Berlin to have dinner and to tramp around some of the bars.
- Last night she ate her dinner and she gobbled five peppermints right out of my hand.
- Single parents were given the evening off last night while their kids did a spot of Christmas shopping.
- Last night, some parents said they were dismayed at the latest hike in fees which far outweighs yearly salary rises.
- The three party leaders spoke with one voice in the Evening Press last night.
- We got to put all this domestic bliss into practice last night with a great evening.
- Last night I went out for a dinner that was both lovely and very very strange.
- Last night was a quiet night in, just me and a few glasses of nice whiskey.
- Of course, after a lot of late nights in a row, and with the flat so hot, there was little chance of me getting to sleep early last night.
- Last night ended up being one of the happiest nights of my life.
- On Friday night Chris approached us to do a skit for all the delegates after dinner on the last night.
- Last night, I uttered five words, got up from my place at the table and left the restaurant without looking back.
- Last night at dinner my Mother was talking about her arrangements to go down to Cork on Tuesday.
- Last night's Eastern Evening News has predicted that I will win North Norfolk.
- Last night again, the fight ended in favour of the man from Edinburgh.
- Last night we went for dinner with our host for the day, Henny, in Noordwijk.
1. 2.1 An evening appointed for some activity, or spent or regarded in a certain way.
  （安排特定活动的）夜晚；晚间活动；晚场；晚会
  wasn't it a great night out?
  那（今）晚活动不是很有意思吗？
  Example sentencesExamples
  These types of smoker can get through a packet or two in a single night but then won't smoke until their next night out.
  The Parent Staff Friends Association began fundraising two years ago with events such as quiz nights, a dance and a Christmas fair.
  Her ordeal began early on Friday morning after a night out in Marmaris.
  The evening promises to be a great night out that helps raise money for a worthy cause.
  It is hoped to reach the appeal target by the end of 2004 and other events include wine and cheese evenings, quiz nights, a parish fun day and an outdoor play.
  It sounds more like a night in than a night out, but this is dining out Moroccan style.
  We also intend to organize some social activities for example a Christmas night out.
  She was reported missing by her parents on Saturday morning after she failed to return from a night out.
  This night out is then followed the following evening by Martin's birthday drinks down in Soho.
  Patrons can place their bets in the bar and in the lounge on the night, so come along and enjoy a fun night out.
  But at night he drove round searching for vulnerable women wanting cabs home after nights out in Manchester.
  This is a always a fun night out so come along and enjoy the quiz and support the school fund.
  But I do hope they are still happy to be seen in public together, enjoying dinner or a night out.
  Saturday night is the big night out, but we all plan to go into the city first of all for some dinner.
  For the younger generation the Mardi Gras on Saturday night was their night out.
  Mr Ewing said people in the community had already organised a large number of fundraising events including quiz nights, a pantomime and concerts.
  Parents whose teenage children want to enjoy a popular night out will find buying tickets to the event easier from now on.
  The next event is a quiz night on Friday at the Ramsey Memorial Hall, with tickets already selling fast.
  The restaurant has a cosy and relaxing feel to it, and the subtle lighting and candles make it ideal for a romantic night out.
  The evening is an absorbing night out and one not to be lightly ignored.

exclamationnītnaɪt

informal

short for good night

adverbnītnaɪt

nightsNorth American informal

During the night; at night.
investments that won't keep us awake nights with worry

Phrases

night and day

All the time; constantly.
整日整夜，夜以继日
she studied night and day
她夜以继日地学习。
Example sentencesExamples
- As the words flowed night and day, we felt we were giving voice to a new generation of rebels.
- During the past week, the people involved in the project have worked night and day to have the centre ready for the opening.
- Put simply, Scotland has to watch and listen, night and day, to every little thing that affects English sporting teams.
- Would it be better if the city were dependent for its wealth on huge factories belching out pollution night and day?
- Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day.
- The pyres burn night and day but it is illegal to photograph them.
- I thought that was amazing, but then I realised that the woman was half-mad and would call on me night and day.
- You can labour night and day to give them a world that's comprehensible.
- We do know that he's working night and day to acquire a nuclear weapon and perhaps to build one.
- For that last 18 months of his life she had always been by his side, night and day.
Synonyms
all the time, the entire time, around the clock, day and night, morning, noon, and night, day in, day out, without a break, ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly, interminably, constantly, unceasingly, perpetually, permanently, continuously, continually, eternally, unremittingly, remorselessly, relentlessly

Origin

Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux.

单词	night
释义	Definition of night in English: night noun nʌɪtnaɪt 1The period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours. a moonless night 一个没有月亮的夜晚。 the door is always locked at night 夜里办公室的门总是锁着的。 Example sentencesExamples She loved starry nights, sunrises and sunsets, the moon, snow… her list could go on and on. If the problem exists only at night, a medicine to reduce the volume of urine in the night is prescribed. A blackout at night might seem strange especially when the consumption of electricity during nights is half of the total national electricity production. At night he sleeps in warehouses or under trees, no doubt worrying how he will manage to feed his children on such a paltry sum. At night, the residents retired to the few cellars that had not been destroyed by a decade of war. At night the sky had been swept clean of clouds and the stars were blazing in the moonless night. At night, the nine slept by four separate campfires, divided along gender and age lines. At night it will glow bright white and it will look quite beautiful. They are allowed outside in a pen during the day, but at night they are put inside with an arc heater to increase their chance of survival during the colder nights. He says he has been unable to sleep at night and has been prescribed sleeping tablets by the doctor to help get through the night. At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold. She loved going in there at night, especially on nights that the moon was full and shining brightly through the glass sun room. At night the convicts either slept in their seats or, if they were lucky, bunked down at a county jail en route. Sam hated to drive at night, especially a night such as this when it was cold and windy. At night, whole streets are kept awake by sirens which are just as loud as car horns, but unlike car horns they are not illegal. At night they are beautiful, illuminating as they do the splendour of the area. At night, down on the water, they seem just beyond grasp, unreachably distant, like the past itself. At night, the moonlight that came through the doors was fantastic and mysterious. At night, this normally meek youth disturbed his fellow novices with violent ravings in his nightmares. At night no one's talking to anyone; people make noise because there is no one to listen. Synonyms darkness, dark, hours of darkness, night-time, dead of night 1.1 The night as the interval between two days. 一夜 supplements per person per night 每人每夜的补给品。 Example sentencesExamples It makes perfect sense: a one-bed or studio flat is considerably cheaper per night than a hotel. For example, the estimated time limit could be set at five days and the cost per night at £200. Rates start at £196 per person per night, for a standard room with two people sharing. The cost is 5 per night per person but the school has shouldered the bulk of the costs. My June break cost from £90 per person for two nights, bed, breakfast and evening meal. The total cost of three nights accommodation and return flights is €710 per person, based on two people in single occupancy rooms. Self-catering cottages for two nights cost from €139 per cottage. Prices start at just £455 per person for seven nights accommodation in a twin room on a half-board basis, including direct flights and transfers. A package including return flights and two nights ' accommodation costs €495 per person. Rooms cost €65 per person for two nights bed and breakfast throughout the autumn. The package for three nights and seven days costs Rs.21,999 per person on twin sharing basis, including the stay in a four star hotel. Prices start at £185 per night for a suite with a Chelsea view, based on one or two people sharing. A run with an upscale private cabin for two nights costs about $230 per person. The trip, including flight and five nights in the Hotel Solitude, costs 570 per person. Prices are per person for two nights' bed and breakfast with dinner on the first night, based on two people sharing a double room. Flights and self-catering accommodation for seven nights costs €400 per person sharing. These prices are per room per night and include dinner and breakfast for two people. Rates: $400 per person for four nights, which includes three days of lift tickets and enormous breakfasts. With prices starting at £209 per person for seven nights' accommodation you cannot afford to miss this offer. The cost for adults is 12 for four nights and 2 for teenagers per night. 1.2 The darkness of night. 黑夜，夜色 a line of watchfires stretched away into the night 一排营火延伸在夜色中。 Example sentencesExamples Into the web we went, deeper and deeper into the night and into the darkness of the maze. 1.3literary Nightfall. 〈诗/文〉黄昏 Synonyms night-time, darkness, hours of darkness 2The period between afternoon and bedtime; an evening. 晚上 he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights 周一至周五晚上他都不许外出。 Example sentencesExamples Last night she ate her dinner and she gobbled five peppermints right out of my hand. Last night again, the fight ended in favour of the man from Edinburgh. Last night ended up being one of the happiest nights of my life. Last night, some parents said they were dismayed at the latest hike in fees which far outweighs yearly salary rises. Last night's Eastern Evening News has predicted that I will win North Norfolk. Single parents were given the evening off last night while their kids did a spot of Christmas shopping. Last night, in a fit of pique, just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane. The three party leaders spoke with one voice in the Evening Press last night. Last night we went to East Berlin to have dinner and to tramp around some of the bars. Last night, I uttered five words, got up from my place at the table and left the restaurant without looking back. There was discussion of going to the pub, but like last night we were stuffed and tired, so decided on early nights instead. Last night, my friend would not allow his wife and a female friend to go down to their outside garage on their own. Last night was a quiet night in, just me and a few glasses of nice whiskey. On Friday night Chris approached us to do a skit for all the delegates after dinner on the last night. Last night I went out for a dinner that was both lovely and very very strange. Last night at dinner my Mother was talking about her arrangements to go down to Cork on Tuesday. We got to put all this domestic bliss into practice last night with a great evening. She hadn't stayed up as late as she had last night since the night she met Christopher. Of course, after a lot of late nights in a row, and with the flat so hot, there was little chance of me getting to sleep early last night. Last night we went for dinner with our host for the day, Henny, in Noordwijk. 2.1 An evening characterized by a particular event or activity. a quiz night wasn't it a great night out? 那（今）晚活动不是很有意思吗？ Example sentencesExamples The Parent Staff Friends Association began fundraising two years ago with events such as quiz nights, a dance and a Christmas fair. It sounds more like a night in than a night out, but this is dining out Moroccan style. She was reported missing by her parents on Saturday morning after she failed to return from a night out. Saturday night is the big night out, but we all plan to go into the city first of all for some dinner. The next event is a quiz night on Friday at the Ramsey Memorial Hall, with tickets already selling fast. It is hoped to reach the appeal target by the end of 2004 and other events include wine and cheese evenings, quiz nights, a parish fun day and an outdoor play. The evening promises to be a great night out that helps raise money for a worthy cause. The restaurant has a cosy and relaxing feel to it, and the subtle lighting and candles make it ideal for a romantic night out. Mr Ewing said people in the community had already organised a large number of fundraising events including quiz nights, a pantomime and concerts. For the younger generation the Mardi Gras on Saturday night was their night out. Her ordeal began early on Friday morning after a night out in Marmaris. But I do hope they are still happy to be seen in public together, enjoying dinner or a night out. Patrons can place their bets in the bar and in the lounge on the night, so come along and enjoy a fun night out. Parents whose teenage children want to enjoy a popular night out will find buying tickets to the event easier from now on. This is a always a fun night out so come along and enjoy the quiz and support the school fund. The evening is an absorbing night out and one not to be lightly ignored. These types of smoker can get through a packet or two in a single night but then won't smoke until their next night out. This night out is then followed the following evening by Martin's birthday drinks down in Soho. We also intend to organize some social activities for example a Christmas night out. But at night he drove round searching for vulnerable women wanting cabs home after nights out in Manchester. exclamation nʌɪtnaɪt informal short for goodnight adverbnʌɪtnaɪt nightsNorth American informal During the night; at night. investments that won't keep us awake nights with worry Phrases night and day All the time; constantly. 整日整夜，夜以继日 she studied night and day 她夜以继日地学习。 Example sentencesExamples Would it be better if the city were dependent for its wealth on huge factories belching out pollution night and day? We do know that he's working night and day to acquire a nuclear weapon and perhaps to build one. Put simply, Scotland has to watch and listen, night and day, to every little thing that affects English sporting teams. I thought that was amazing, but then I realised that the woman was half-mad and would call on me night and day. The pyres burn night and day but it is illegal to photograph them. During the past week, the people involved in the project have worked night and day to have the centre ready for the opening. As the words flowed night and day, we felt we were giving voice to a new generation of rebels. You can labour night and day to give them a world that's comprehensible. For that last 18 months of his life she had always been by his side, night and day. Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. Synonyms all the time, the entire time, around the clock, day and night, morning, noon, and night, day in, day out, without a break, ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly, interminably, constantly, unceasingly, perpetually, permanently, continuously, continually, eternally, unremittingly, remorselessly, relentlessly Derivatives nightless 〈诗/文〉黄昏 adjective The Finnish countryside and the nightless night of the northern summer may for some also provide a unique opportunity to experience the "conflict" between day and night, the victory of light over darkness. Example sentencesExamples Of the migration of geese, he had written, ‘The waste corn of Illinois is carried through the clouds to the Arctic tundras, there to combine with the waste sunlight of a nightless June to grow goslings for all the lands between.’ The nightless night can last up to 60 days in Lapland, and from the middle of June until August, the sun never sets but hangs low over the horizon. There was no wind after they left for six days so they rowed and arrived at a nightless island called Lamnos. It's an unpretentious, stylish and not particularly original B movie about space travelers marooned on a nearly nightless desert planet. Origin Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux. Although an Old English word, night comes ultimately from the same root as Latin nox, the source of equinox (Late Middle English) and nocturnal (Late Middle English). Fortnight (Old English) is an Old English contraction of ‘fourteen nights’, and reflects an ancient Germanic custom of reckoning time by nights rather than days. The original night of the long knives was the legendary massacre of the Britons by the Saxon leader Hengist in 472. According to the 12th-century Welsh chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Saxons attended a meeting armed with long knives, and when a prearranged signal was given each Saxon drew his weapon and killed the Briton seated next to him. The phrase is now more commonly associated with the brutal suppression of the Brownshirts (a Nazi militia replaced by the SS) on Hitler's orders in 1934. It is also used of any decisive or ruthless sacking, in particular the occasion in 1962 when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismissed a third of his cabinet at the same time. Nightmares are nothing to do with horses. In the Middle Ages a nightmare (Middle English) was thought of as an evil female spirit or monster that lay on sleeping people and suffocated them: the -mare part comes from Old English and meant ‘suffocating evil spirit’. Rhymes affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write noun.1 phr. Definition of night in US English: night nounnītnaɪt 1The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise. 夜，夜晚 a moonless night 一个没有月亮的夜晚。 the office door is always locked at night 夜里办公室的门总是锁着的。 Example sentencesExamples If the problem exists only at night, a medicine to reduce the volume of urine in the night is prescribed. She loved starry nights, sunrises and sunsets, the moon, snow… her list could go on and on. At night it will glow bright white and it will look quite beautiful. At night, the residents retired to the few cellars that had not been destroyed by a decade of war. She loved going in there at night, especially on nights that the moon was full and shining brightly through the glass sun room. At night, this normally meek youth disturbed his fellow novices with violent ravings in his nightmares. At night he sleeps in warehouses or under trees, no doubt worrying how he will manage to feed his children on such a paltry sum. At night they are beautiful, illuminating as they do the splendour of the area. At night, whole streets are kept awake by sirens which are just as loud as car horns, but unlike car horns they are not illegal. At night, the moonlight that came through the doors was fantastic and mysterious. At night, down on the water, they seem just beyond grasp, unreachably distant, like the past itself. At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold. At night, the nine slept by four separate campfires, divided along gender and age lines. Sam hated to drive at night, especially a night such as this when it was cold and windy. At night the convicts either slept in their seats or, if they were lucky, bunked down at a county jail en route. A blackout at night might seem strange especially when the consumption of electricity during nights is half of the total national electricity production. At night no one's talking to anyone; people make noise because there is no one to listen. He says he has been unable to sleep at night and has been prescribed sleeping tablets by the doctor to help get through the night. At night the sky had been swept clean of clouds and the stars were blazing in the moonless night. They are allowed outside in a pen during the day, but at night they are put inside with an arc heater to increase their chance of survival during the colder nights. Synonyms darkness, dark, hours of darkness, night-time, dead of night 1.1 The night as the interval between two days. 一夜 a two-bedroom cabin costs $90 per night somebody put him up for the night 有人安排他过夜。 Example sentencesExamples Prices start at just £455 per person for seven nights accommodation in a twin room on a half-board basis, including direct flights and transfers. Self-catering cottages for two nights cost from €139 per cottage. For example, the estimated time limit could be set at five days and the cost per night at £200. The trip, including flight and five nights in the Hotel Solitude, costs 570 per person. The package for three nights and seven days costs Rs.21,999 per person on twin sharing basis, including the stay in a four star hotel. Prices start at £185 per night for a suite with a Chelsea view, based on one or two people sharing. These prices are per room per night and include dinner and breakfast for two people. A run with an upscale private cabin for two nights costs about $230 per person. Rates start at £196 per person per night, for a standard room with two people sharing. Prices are per person for two nights' bed and breakfast with dinner on the first night, based on two people sharing a double room. My June break cost from £90 per person for two nights, bed, breakfast and evening meal. It makes perfect sense: a one-bed or studio flat is considerably cheaper per night than a hotel. The cost for adults is 12 for four nights and 2 for teenagers per night. The cost is 5 per night per person but the school has shouldered the bulk of the costs. A package including return flights and two nights ' accommodation costs €495 per person. Rates: $400 per person for four nights, which includes three days of lift tickets and enormous breakfasts. With prices starting at £209 per person for seven nights' accommodation you cannot afford to miss this offer. Flights and self-catering accommodation for seven nights costs €400 per person sharing. The total cost of three nights accommodation and return flights is €710 per person, based on two people in single occupancy rooms. Rooms cost €65 per person for two nights bed and breakfast throughout the autumn. 1.2 The darkness of night. 黑夜，夜色 a line of watchfires stretched away into the night 一排营火延伸在夜色中。 Example sentencesExamples Into the web we went, deeper and deeper into the night and into the darkness of the maze. 1.3literary Nightfall. 〈诗/文〉黄昏 Synonyms night-time, darkness, hours of darkness 2The period of time between afternoon and bedtime; an evening. 晚上 he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights 周一至周五晚上他都不许外出。 Example sentencesExamples She hadn't stayed up as late as she had last night since the night she met Christopher. There was discussion of going to the pub, but like last night we were stuffed and tired, so decided on early nights instead. Last night, in a fit of pique, just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane. Last night, my friend would not allow his wife and a female friend to go down to their outside garage on their own. Last night we went to East Berlin to have dinner and to tramp around some of the bars. Last night she ate her dinner and she gobbled five peppermints right out of my hand. Single parents were given the evening off last night while their kids did a spot of Christmas shopping. Last night, some parents said they were dismayed at the latest hike in fees which far outweighs yearly salary rises. The three party leaders spoke with one voice in the Evening Press last night. We got to put all this domestic bliss into practice last night with a great evening. Last night I went out for a dinner that was both lovely and very very strange. Last night was a quiet night in, just me and a few glasses of nice whiskey. Of course, after a lot of late nights in a row, and with the flat so hot, there was little chance of me getting to sleep early last night. Last night ended up being one of the happiest nights of my life. On Friday night Chris approached us to do a skit for all the delegates after dinner on the last night. Last night, I uttered five words, got up from my place at the table and left the restaurant without looking back. Last night at dinner my Mother was talking about her arrangements to go down to Cork on Tuesday. Last night's Eastern Evening News has predicted that I will win North Norfolk. Last night again, the fight ended in favour of the man from Edinburgh. Last night we went for dinner with our host for the day, Henny, in Noordwijk. 2.1 An evening appointed for some activity, or spent or regarded in a certain way. （安排特定活动的）夜晚；晚间活动；晚场；晚会 wasn't it a great night out? 那（今）晚活动不是很有意思吗？ Example sentencesExamples These types of smoker can get through a packet or two in a single night but then won't smoke until their next night out. The Parent Staff Friends Association began fundraising two years ago with events such as quiz nights, a dance and a Christmas fair. Her ordeal began early on Friday morning after a night out in Marmaris. The evening promises to be a great night out that helps raise money for a worthy cause. It is hoped to reach the appeal target by the end of 2004 and other events include wine and cheese evenings, quiz nights, a parish fun day and an outdoor play. It sounds more like a night in than a night out, but this is dining out Moroccan style. We also intend to organize some social activities for example a Christmas night out. She was reported missing by her parents on Saturday morning after she failed to return from a night out. This night out is then followed the following evening by Martin's birthday drinks down in Soho. Patrons can place their bets in the bar and in the lounge on the night, so come along and enjoy a fun night out. But at night he drove round searching for vulnerable women wanting cabs home after nights out in Manchester. This is a always a fun night out so come along and enjoy the quiz and support the school fund. But I do hope they are still happy to be seen in public together, enjoying dinner or a night out. Saturday night is the big night out, but we all plan to go into the city first of all for some dinner. For the younger generation the Mardi Gras on Saturday night was their night out. Mr Ewing said people in the community had already organised a large number of fundraising events including quiz nights, a pantomime and concerts. Parents whose teenage children want to enjoy a popular night out will find buying tickets to the event easier from now on. The next event is a quiz night on Friday at the Ramsey Memorial Hall, with tickets already selling fast. The restaurant has a cosy and relaxing feel to it, and the subtle lighting and candles make it ideal for a romantic night out. The evening is an absorbing night out and one not to be lightly ignored. exclamationnītnaɪt informal short for good night adverbnītnaɪt nightsNorth American informal During the night; at night. investments that won't keep us awake nights with worry Phrases night and day All the time; constantly. 整日整夜，夜以继日 she studied night and day 她夜以继日地学习。 Example sentencesExamples As the words flowed night and day, we felt we were giving voice to a new generation of rebels. During the past week, the people involved in the project have worked night and day to have the centre ready for the opening. Put simply, Scotland has to watch and listen, night and day, to every little thing that affects English sporting teams. Would it be better if the city were dependent for its wealth on huge factories belching out pollution night and day? Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. The pyres burn night and day but it is illegal to photograph them. I thought that was amazing, but then I realised that the woman was half-mad and would call on me night and day. You can labour night and day to give them a world that's comprehensible. We do know that he's working night and day to acquire a nuclear weapon and perhaps to build one. For that last 18 months of his life she had always been by his side, night and day. Synonyms all the time, the entire time, around the clock, day and night, morning, noon, and night, day in, day out, without a break, ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly, interminably, constantly, unceasingly, perpetually, permanently, continuously, continually, eternally, unremittingly, remorselessly, relentlessly Origin Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux. noun.1 phr.
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