noc·tur·nal
adjective/nɒkˈtɜːnl/
/nɑːkˈtɜːrnl/
- (of animals) active at night
夜行的；夜出的 - owls and other nocturnal creatures
猫头鹰和其他夜行生物 - These animals are strictly nocturnal.
这些动物严格来说是夜间活动的。 - These insects are largely nocturnal.
这些昆虫主要是夜间活动的。
- owls and other nocturnal creatures
- (formal) happening during the night
夜间发生的 - a nocturnal visit
夜访
- a nocturnal visit
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus ‘of the night’, from nox, noct- ‘night’.