mid·night
noun/ˈmɪdnaɪt/
/ˈmɪdnaɪt/
[uncountable]Idioms - 12 o’clock at night
午夜；子夜 - She heard the clock strike midnight.
她听见钟敲子夜 12 点。 - at midnight They had to leave at midnight.
他们不得不半夜离开。 - At/on the stroke of midnight fireworks lit up the sky.
午夜的钟声敲响，烟花照亮了天空。 - We have to catch the midnight train.
我们得乘半夜 12 点的火车。 - Let’s have a midnight feast tonight (= a secret meal that children like to have in the middle of the night).
今晚我们吃一顿午夜盛宴吧（=小孩子们喜欢在半夜吃的秘密餐点）。 - They whiled away the midnight hours playing cards.
他们打牌打发午夜时光。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1- Downstairs in the hall, midnight struck.
楼下大厅里响起了午夜的钟声。 - It was approaching midnight when I finally reached home.
临近午夜的时候，我终于到了家。 - The law comes into effect on the stroke of midnight tomorrow.
这条法律于明天午夜12点整生效。 - The ship set sail shortly after midnight.
船在午夜时分起航。 - Let's go to a midnight movie.
我们去看午夜电影吧。 - Voting closes at midnight.
投票于午夜结束。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + midnight- chime
- strike
- strike
- approach
- come
- …
- feast
- snack
- black
- …
- approaching midnight
- around midnight
- near midnight
- …
- at the stroke of midnight
- She heard the clock strike midnight.
- (especially North American English) (also midnight blue British and North American English)a very dark blue colour
深蓝色
Word OriginOld English midniht (see mid-, night).
Idioms
burn the midnight oil
- to study or work until late at night
挑灯夜战；熬夜
do a (moonlight/midnight) flit
- (British English, informal) to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to somebody
（通常为了躲债）连夜逃遁，匆忙搬家