night [ nait] n.夜，夜间
at night 天黑时；在夜里
by night 在夜间；趁黑夜
night after night 一夜又一夜地
night and day 日以继夜地
night [nait] n. 夜;夜间
night-club n. 夜总会
不眠之夜 white night
开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night
Night Camera 夜用摄象机
Night Lamp 夜灯
Night Light 夜灯
hard feelings 怨气
A: Man, I'm really sorry about what happened last night.
A: 老兄啊! 昨晚的事真是抱歉...
B: It's all right. It's over with. No hard feelings.
B: 没关系。已经过去了。没什么好生气了。
- "It's over with" 是「已经过去了」。结束某种不愉快的情绪, 可以用 「get over」。
如 "I know you were mad at him for what he had done. But, it has been five years. Get over it."
我知道你很气他所作的事, 但是这已经是五年前的事了, 你应该释怀了。
sweet 替人设想的
A: I knew you couldn't make it last night so I've got some of the food from the party saved up for you.
A: 我知道你昨晚不能来, 所以我把聚会吃的东西留了一些起来给你。
B: You did? Oh! That's so sweet of you, Carol.
B: 真的啊? Carol, 妳真是太好了!
- 形容一个人的心地好的字眼常用的有像"nice"、"kind"等等。
"sweet" 这个字可以用在男或女的身上。 当我们说"She's a very sweet person."
就是来形容这个人的个性中有喜欢替别人设想的特质。
drama queen 喜欢小题大作的人
A: He is not home. Where could he be so late at night? I knew it. I knew something was wrong. He must be out messing around.
A: 他不在家。这么晚了他回去哪里呢? 我早就知道了! 我早知道事情不对劲了。 他现在一定是在外面跟别人鬼混了。
B: Oh! Stop being such a drama queen, would you? You don't know what's going on. Maybe he's asleep.
B: 噢, 妳能不能不要这样小题大作呢? 妳并不知道事情是怎么回事啊? 搞不好他睡着了呢?
- "drama queen" (戏剧女王)是用来形容人对一件可能在其它人眼里看来不是很大的事反应夸张而激烈, 。
这个词一般说来是用在女孩子的身上的。
我想要购买过夜所需的用品。
I'd like to purchase what I need for the night.
We'll in for the night by then. 到晚上那时,我们一定已经回去了.
Gates in use night & day 此门昼夜使用
Night porter on duty.
夜间有行李搬运服务生。
Stay a minimum of 3 nights and receive 1 extra night free.
最少住三晚，另外免费一晚。
不眠之夜 white night
成人夜校 night school for adults
night service 夜航
夜猫子 night people; night-owls
day and night line 昼夜线路
night line 夜间线路
盗汗 night sweats
night sweats 盗汗
Let's take cars for example. They not only pollute the air in cities, but make them crowded. Furthermore, they are responsible for a lot of traffic accidents. The noise made by cars disturbs the residents living on both sides of streets all day and night.
就拿汽车为例。汽车不仅污染城市空气，而且使城市拥挤不堪。此外，汽车造成许多交通事故。汽车所产生的噪音使居住在街道两旁的居民日夜不得安宁。
overtime and night differential 加班费和夜班补助
Her tooth ached all night.
她牙疼了一整夜。
He went to bed hungry last night.
他昨夜饿着肚子上床睡觉。
I heard her sing in the next room last night.
昨夜我听见她在隔壁房间唱歌。
Colored lights glowed on the celebration night.
节日之夜灯火辉煌。
We will have to sleep on his invitation until we know whether we will be free Sunday night.
我们得先看看星期天晚上是否有空，然后才能决定是否接受他的邀请。
His performance at the party last night was very good.
昨晚他在晚会上的表演很棒。
The visual ability of cats is much better than that of dogs at night.
晚上猫的视觉比狗的要好得多。
The mother's concern over her sick child kept her awake all night.
母亲由于担心自己生病的孩子而整夜没睡。
All is at peace in the dead of the night.
深夜万籁俱寂。
I can only see dimly the edges of the building on a dark night.
黑夜中，只能依稀可见建筑物的轮廓。
Out of sympathy for the homeless children he gave them a bed for the night.
出于对无家可归的孩子们的怜悯，他让他们留宿过夜。
Many people are scared to walk alone at night.
许多人不敢晚上单独走路。
In hospitals, night nurses are making their usual rounds.
医院里，值夜班的护士正在例行查房。
In hospitals, night nurse are making their usual rounds.
医院里，值夜班的护士正在例行查房。
The subject of the film I saw last night was certainly not novel; there have been at least five films in the last year with the same idea.
昨天晚上看到的电影主题并不新颖；在去年至少有5部片子都是这个主题。
An accident in which five cars were involved caused the death of six people on the highway last night.
昨天晚上，有五辆车卷入了一场事故，造成了六个人死在高速公路上。
We charge 200 dollars for a single room one night.
单人房每夜收费200元。
We gave the old man shelter for the night.
我们留那个老人过了夜。
Shakespeare titled his play A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream.
莎士比亚把他的剧本定名为《仲夏夜之梦》。
The night shift begins at 11:00 p.m.
夜班从晚上11点开始。
As the night shift leaves, the day shift arrives.
夜班工人下班时，日班工人来上班。
Are you on the night shift or the day shift?
你是上夜班还是日班？
This medicine will ensure you a good night's sleep.
这药可保你睡个好觉。
They have been working on the bridge day and night for three months.
他们三个月来日夜施工造桥。
Can we find accommodations at the hotel for the night?
我们能在这家旅馆找到房间过夜吗？
Plus, nobody cares where we were last night.
况且也没人在意我们昨晚在哪儿。
The sun has chased away the shadows of the night.
太阳驱走了黑夜的影子。
You must take extreme care when driving at night.
你晚上开车得特别小心。
Good night, Jane.
晚安，简。
I slept soundly all night.
我整夜睡的很熟。
I've been watching TV all night.
我看了一整晚的电视。
Did you see the special last night?
昨晚你看特别节目了吗？
There are many training classed and night classes.
有许多培训班与夜校。
Her tooth ached all night. 她牙疼了一整夜。
They covered 120 miles in a single night.他们仅一夜就走了120英里路。
She sang perfectly in the hall last night.她昨晚在大厅唱得非常好。
The days get longer and the nights get shorter.白天变长了，黑夜变短了。
I had to sit up all night writing the report.我不得不熬通宵写报告。
The enemy attacked us at night.
敌人在夜里向我们进攻。
He made 48 baskets in the game last night.
他在昨晚的比赛中独得了48分。
Can you give me a bed for the night?
你能给我安置一个床铺过夜吗？
It's a dark and moonless night.
这是一个黑暗无月的夜晚。
You can see stars by night, but not by day.
你在夜晚可以看到星星，白天却看不到。
The thief broke into the house during the night.
小偷在夜间破门进入住宅。
They worked far into the night.
他们工作到深夜。
Last night there was a full moon.
昨晚是满月。
The people next door play their radio from morning till night.
邻居从早到晚开着收音机。
Night began to fall.
夜幕降临。
I didn't sleep well last night.
昨晚我睡不安稳。
We can see the stars at night.
夜晚我们可以看见星群。
I stayed late at the party last night.
昨晚我在晚会上呆到很晚。
He warned me against going there at night.
他警告我晚上不要到那去。
昨晚你熬夜了?
Did you stay up late last night? *stay up late“睡得晚”、“熬夜”。
Did you go to bed late last night?
昨天晚上你打呼噜了。
You were snoring last night. *snore“打呼噜”。
You were snoring last night. (昨天晚上你打呼噜了。)
Did I keep you up? (影响你睡觉了吗?)
You were sawing logs last night. *saw logs原意为“锯木头”，在此用来表示“打呼噜”。
我是个夜猫子。
I'm a night person. *“早上起不来”的意思。
I'm a night person. (我是个夜猫子。)
I'm not. (我可不是。)
I'm a morning person. (我喜欢早起。)
晚安。
Good night.
Good night. (晚安。)
Sweet dreams. (做个好梦。)
做个好梦。
Sweet dreams! *该句和Good night!一起用于就寝前。一般人均可使用，特别多用于父母对子女。
Sweet dreams! (做个好梦。)
Don't let the bedbugs bite. (晚安。) *bedbugs “臭虫”，直译是“别让臭虫咬了。”但现在没有这种意思，只是睡觉前常用的表达方式之一。
Have pleasant dreams.
我时时刻刻都想着你。
I think of you night and day.*night and day“无论是睡着还是醒着，不分昼夜”，此句直译为“我无论是白天还是黑夜都想着你。”
I think of you constantly.
You have won my heart.
晚安!
Good night.
这是一个难得的机会。
That kind of chance comes once in a blue moon. *once in a blue moon “稀少的，很少”。
I went out with a gorgeous girl last night.(我昨天晚上和一个非常漂亮的姑娘约会了。)
That kind of chance comes once in a blue moon. (这是一个难得的机会。)
I will be here all night.
我整晚都在这里。
Did you sleep well last night?
你昨晚睡得好吗？
昨天晚上好险哪。 老板同一个女职员在办公室动手动脚的，差一点儿让他的妻子给撞上。
The boss had narrow squeak last night in his office，his spooning with a girl clerk was almost found out by his wife.
At night, all cats are grey.
猫在夜晚皆灰色(丑妍暗中难分辨)。
Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night.
暮去必将朝至，苦尽常会甜来。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
没有知识比黑夜还要黑。
Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it.
白天当白天，夜晚当夜晚，生活过得好，愉快而多欢。
Misfortunes come at night.
灾祸常生于不测。
Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
言语投机恨时短。
The day has eyes, the night has ears.
日有眼，夜有耳。
What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非己莫为。
What's done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非己莫为。
A Are you free to meet tomorrow tonight?
A 你明晚有时间见面吗？
B I’m afraid not. I work in a restaurant in the evenings.
B 恐怕没有。晚上我在餐馆工作。
A Every evening Surely you have some evenings free.
A 每天晚上吗？总有几个晚上你有空吧。
B Yes, of course I do. I’ve got two nights off each week.
B 是的，当然了。我每周有两个晚上不用上班。
A But not tomorrow night . . . when are you next free?
A 但是明天晚上不行. . .你下次什么时候有空？
B I’m free the day after tomorrow. We could meet Thursday evening.
B 我后天有空。我们可以在周四晚上见面。
A Are you coming on Thursday evening?
A 周四晚上你来吗？
B Where?
B 去哪里？
A There’s a party at the Gallery on Thursday evening. It’s the opening night of a new exhibition.
A 周四晚上在艺术展览馆有一个晚会。这是一个新展览的开幕之夜。
B But I don’t have an invitation. Do you have one?
B 但是我没有请柬。你有吗？
A Yes, I’ve got one. You can come with me. It will be exciting, with lots of interesting people. And the exhibition will be good too.
A 是的，我有。你可以和我一起去。晚会将会很热闹，有很多有趣的人。展览也会很棒。
B It sounds good. But I’m not sure. Maybe I should go with you.
B 听起来不错。但是我不太确定。也许我应该和你一起去。
A That was a good dinner. Time to go home now.
A 晚餐很好。现在该回家了。
B Home? But it’s still early evening! We should go to a disco.
B 回家？但是现在还不是很晚！我们应该去跳迪斯科。
A I’m too tired of a disco. Do you really want to go to one?
A 我太累了，跳不动迪斯科了。你确实非常想去吗？
B Yes, why not? There’s a disco in the club at the hotel.
B 是的，为什么不呢？在旅馆的夜总会里有一个迪斯科舞厅。
A Yes, and it’s noisy and expensive and I’m too tired. Maybe another night.
A 是的，那里很吵闹，东西又贵，而且我还太累了。也许改天晚上吧。
B OK, OK. Maybe another night. But we should go sometime.
B 好，好。也许改天晚上吧。但是我们将来应该去。
A Let’s go to the club next weekend.
A 咱们下周末去那家夜总会。
B OK. I’m happy to go next weekend. Is the music good there?
B 好的，我很愿意下周末去。那里的音乐好吗？
A Yes, there’s great dance music in the nightclub.
A 是的，那家夜总会的舞曲非常棒。
B OK, I’m willing to give it a try. It sounds OK.
B 好，我很愿意去体会一下。听起来可以。
A Good. Let’s plan to go next Friday night. That’s always a good night at the club.
A 好啊。咱们计划下周五晚上去。在夜总会你总能度过一个愉快的夜晚。
B OK. I’ll keep Friday night free and we can go then.
B 好的。我将把周五晚上腾出来，到时候我们就能去了。
A I was in a taxi last night during the rush hour for about 45 minutes. And it was only a short journey.
A 我昨晚乘出租车在高峰时刻耽搁了大约４５分钟。其实只是一小段路程。
B It takes so long to drive anywhere during the rush hour.
B 在高峰阶段无论在哪里都要开很长时间。
A I know. It’s horrible when you are stuck in a traffic jam and you are late for something.
A 我知道。遭遇交通阻塞太可怕了，你一定迟到。
B But there’s nothing you can do. It’s the same for everybody.
B 但是你又无能为力。对谁都一样。
A Sometimes I think the best thing to do in rush hour is to walk.
A 有时我想在高峰时刻最好的办法是步行。
B If it’s a short journey, I think you’re right.
B 如果路途很短的话，我想你是对的。
A Good evening, madam. Can I help you?
A 晚上好，女士。您需要什么？
B Hello. I have a reservation for four nights.
B 你好。 我预订了四个晚上。
A And your name is . . .
A 您的名字是 . . . ?
B Mrs Baker. Mrs Jenny Baker.
B 贝克夫人，詹妮·贝克夫人。
A Ah, yes. Mrs Baker. You're on the fourth floor. Someone will show you up in a moment. Can I have your passport, please?
A 啊，是的。贝克夫人。您的房间在四楼。过一会将有人带您上楼。我能看一下您的护照吗？
B Thank you very much. Here’s my passport.
B 非常感谢你。这是我的护照。
A Did you have a good time with Mr. Li last night?
A 你昨晚和李先生度过了愉快的时光吗？
B Yes, it was good to see him.
B 是的，见到他非常高兴。
A Where did you go?
A 你们去了哪里？
B We went to a very nice restaurant in Houhai.
B 我们去了在后海的一家非常别致的餐馆。
A You don't sound very enthusiastic...
A 听起来你的情绪不太热情..
B Well, for me the restaurant was too noisy. I prefer quieter places.
B 哦，对我来说那家餐馆太吵了。我更喜欢安静一些的地方。
A OK. Dinner tomorrow night – I’ll see you at six.
A 好的。明天晚上一起吃晚饭——我六点见你。
B That’s good. Can I bring a friend? There’s someone I’d like you to meet.
B 好。我能带个朋友来吗？我想让你见个人。
A Certainly. Who is he? Or she?
A 当然可以。他是谁呀？或者她是谁？
B She’s a colleague from my work. She said she would be interested to meet you. Perhaps you can do business together.
B 她是我的同事。她说她有兴趣见你。也许你们可以一起做生意。
A She works in the same business as you?
A 她和你从事同一行业吗？
B Yes. And I thought it would be good to put you two together.
B 是的，而且我认为让你俩合作是件好事。
A Did you watch that concert on television last night? Did you see that singer?
A 你昨晚看电视上的音乐会了吗？你看到那个歌手了吗？
B About 9 in the evening?
B 大约晚上9点的音乐会？
A Yes, that one. She was so good. I really liked her songs, and her voice.
A 是的，就是那场音乐会。她唱得非常好。我喜欢她的歌以及她的声音。
B You should buy her CD. You can find it easily in the shops.
B 你应该买她的CD。在商店里很容易找到。
A Good idea. Is she from Beijing or Shanghai?
A 好主意。她是北京人还是上海人？
B No, she’s from Guangzhou. She’s a Cantonese singer. She’s incredibly popular now in China.
B 都不是，她是广东人。她是一名广东歌手。她在中国非常受欢迎。
A That was a good evening. I’m ready to go home now.
A 这是个愉快的夜晚。我现在准备回家了。
B Home? But it’s still early. We could go to a club.
B 回家？但是现在还很早啊。我们可以去一个俱乐部玩玩。
A I’m too tired to go out. Do you really want to go?
A 我太累了，不能出去了。你确实非常想去吗？
B Yes, why not? There’s a good club at the hotel.
B 是的，为什么不呢？在旅馆有一家很不错的俱乐部。
A No - it’s too noisy and expensive and I’m too tired. Maybe another night.
A 不——那里太吵了，也太贵了，再说我也太累了。也许改天晚上吧。
B OK, OK. Maybe another night. But we should go sometime.
B 好，好。也许改天晚上。但是我们将来有时间应该去看看。
A Let’s go to the club next weekend.
A 咱们下周末去俱乐部。
B OK. We could go next weekend. Is the music good there?
B 好。我们可以下周末去。那里的音乐好吗？
A Yes, there’s great dance music in the nightclub.
A 是的，在夜总会有非常好的舞曲。
B OK, I’ll give it a try. Maybe it’s not too bad.
B 好，那我去看看。也许不太坏。
A Let’s plan to go next Saturday night. That’s always a good night at the club.
A 咱们计划下周六晚上去。在俱乐部的夜晚总是很美好。
B OK. I’ll keep Saturday night free and we can go then.
B 好的。我把周六晚上空出来，到时候我们就可以一起去了。
A Are you coming on Friday evening to the art gallery?
A 周五晚上你去艺术展览馆吗？
B To the new exhibition? I’m not sure.
B 去看新展览？我还不确定。
A There’s a party at the gallery. It’s the opening night of the new exhibition.
A 在展览馆有个晚会。这是新展览的开幕之夜。
B Do you have an invitation?
B 你有邀请函吗？
A Yes, I’ve got one. You can come with me. It will be exciting, with lots of interesting people. And the exhibition will be good too.
A 是的，我有。你可以跟我一起去。晚会可能很热闹，有很多有趣的人参加。而且展出也会很不错。
B Thanks – that would be great.
B 谢谢——那太好了。
A How was your dinner last night? Was it a good restaurant?
A 你昨天的晚餐怎么样？那家餐馆好吗？
B Yes, it was very good. I really like Mongolian hotpot.
B 好，非常不错。我非常喜欢蒙古火锅。
A Me too! I’d like to try it. Where is the restaurant exactly?
A 我也是！我也想尝尝看。那家餐馆具体在什么位置？
B Well, you know that Korean restaurant we went to last week?
B 哦，你知道我们上周去的韩国餐馆吧？
A Yes, I remember. Is it near that?
A 是的，我记得。离那里近吗？
B Yes, it’s beside it. It’s next to the Korean restaurant.
B 是的，就在它旁边。就在韩国餐馆的隔壁。
A We’ll have a very busy day tomorrow – lots to see and do.
A 我们明天将非常忙碌——很多要看的东西，很多要做的事情。
B I know. I think I’ll have an early night and get a good sleep.
B 我知道。我想我要早点睡，好好睡一觉。
A I’ll pick you up outside the hotel at around 8, then we’ll go to the Great Wall.
A 8点左右我将在旅馆外面接你，然后我们去长城。
B Eight o’clock? I’ll have an early breakfast then.
B 8点？那我要早点吃早餐了。
A Yes, good idea. We’ll have lunch about 12 mid-day.
A 是的，好主意。我们大约在中午12点吃午饭。
B So we will get back to the hotel late afternoon, early evening.
B 那么我们将在下午晚些时候回旅馆了，傍晚的时候。
A When your friend is here, will you stay in Beijing the whole time?
A 当你朋友在这的时候，你们会一直呆在北京吗？
B Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing. But we’ll also do a short trip to Xi’an.
B 大部分时间我们都将在北京。但是我们也将去西安短暂停留。
A That’ll be exciting. Are you going to see the Terracotta Warriors?
A 那好啊。你们将去看秦始皇兵马俑吗？
B Yes. It’s an organised tour. We’re both looking forward to it.
B 是的，我们随团旅游。我们都期待着去那里。
A And how long will you be in Xi’an?
A 你们将在西安呆多久？
B Not long. We’re staying thee for three nights.
B 不会太久。我们将在西安住三晚。
When you describe how long you might stay in a place, eg: on a visit or on a holiday, you can use the number of nights or the number of days, eg: We’re staying three nights in Xi’an / we’re staying three nights in Xi’an: We visited Beijing for ten days / We visited Beijing for ten days.
当你描述你将在某地停留多久时，例如去旅游或者去度假，你可以说几夜或者几天。例如：We’re staying three nights in Xi’an / 我们将在西安住三晚: We visited Beijing for ten days /我们将在北京玩十天。
Did you have a nice meal last night?
你喜欢昨天的晚餐吗？
Did you enjoy your visit to Behai yesterday?
你对昨天去参观的北海公园满意吗？
Did you go shopping this morning?
你今早去逛商店了吗？
Did you see the football on television last night?
你昨天晚上看那场球赛了吗？
How was your dinner last night?
昨天晚餐如何？
How was your day at the Great Wall?
长城游览你觉得如何？
How was the journey?
你的旅行还好吗？
How was the traffic this morning?
今早的交通怎样？
A Are you ok? You don’t look well.
A 你没事吧？你看起来好像不是很好。
B It’s nothing. I’ve just got a little headache.
B 没大事。我就是头痛。
A You should take an aspirin and take a rest.
A 你需要一些阿司匹林，还有适当的休息。
B Yes, you’re right. I think I’ll have an early night.
B 是的，你是对的。我想我今晚会早点休息。
A What did you do last night?
A 你昨晚上干什么了？
B I had dinner with friends. How about you? What did you do?
B 我和朋友一起去吃饭了。你呢？你都做了什么？
A I had a quiet night at home. I watched a movie on TV.
A 我的周末很安静呆在家里过得。我在电视上看了一部电影。
I went out with friends yesterday.
我昨天和朋友一起出去了。
I went shopping last night.
我昨天晚上去逛商店了。
I watched the football on TV.
我昨天晚上看足球转播。
I visited my family at the weekend.
我这个周末去探亲访友了。
Did you arrive last week?
你是上个礼拜到的吗？
Did you fly from the States?
你是从美国出发的吗？
Did you visit the Great Wall?
你去参观长城了吗？
Did you see the football on TV last night?
你看个昨晚上的那场球赛了吗？
A What did you do last night?
A 你昨晚上干什么了？
B I had dinner with friends. How about you? What did you do?
B 我和朋友一起去吃饭了。你呢？你都做了什么？
A I had a quiet night at home. I watched a movie on TV.
A 我的周末很安静呆在家里过得。我在电视上看了一部电影。
I went out with friends yesterday.
我昨天和朋友一起出去了。
I went shopping last night.
我昨天晚上去逛商店了。
I watched the football on TV.
我昨天晚上看足球转播。
I visited my family at the weekend.
我这个周末去探亲访友了。
Did you arrive last week?
你是上个礼拜到的吗？
Did you fly from the States?
你是从美国出发的吗？
Did you visit the Great Wall?
你去参观长城了吗？
Did you see the football on TV last night?
你看个昨晚上的那场球赛了吗？
A Hi! Welcome back. How was your trip to Shanghai?
A 嗨!欢迎回来。你去上海的旅行如何？
B It was good, but I’m glad to be back. I got back home late last night.
B 很愉快，但是我还是很庆幸终于回来了。我昨天晚上很晚才到家。
A What time? When was your flight?
A 什么时间？你的航班是几点的？
B I got back to Beijing around 9.30 last night. I was quite tired.
B 我到达北京是差不多昨晚9.30。我当时真是挺疲劳的。
What are you doing this weekend?
你这个周末干什么？
What are your plans for the holiday?
你这个假期有什么安排？
What are you up to this evening?
你今晚上干什么？
What are you doing on Saturday night?
你这个星期六干什么呢？
A I was in a taxi last night during the rush hour for about 45 minutes. And it was only a short journey.
A 我昨晚在交通高峰期时坐在出租车里尽45分钟。而且那还是个很短的路程。
B There’s nothing you can do.
B 你无法做任何事情来改变它。
A I sometimes think the best thing to do in rush hour is to walk.
A 我有时常想在高峰期最好的方式就是走到目的地。
B If it’s a short journey, I think you’re right.
B 如果路程短的话，我想你是对的。
As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it , so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it .
Hugh Black, American writer
水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。
美国作家布莱克H
Good night my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.
Noel Cowad, American writer
晚安，亲爱的人们，明天再见。
Now I shall go to sleep. Good night.
George Byron, American writer
现在我要睡觉了，晚安。
美国作家布朗，G。
play hard-to-get 欲擒故纵
A: So she stood you up last night.
A: 结果, 她昨晚放你鸽子啦?
B: Well, I guess she's trying to play hard-to-get.
B: 嗯, 大概想跟我玩「欲擒故纵」的游戏吧!
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"stand someone up" 是「放某人鸽子」的意思。
"play hard-to-get" 也可以说成 "play tough-to-get"。
hook up 介绍、送作堆
A: Hey, how come you've never told me you have a cute sister...
A: 嘿! 你为什么从来没告诉我你有一个这么漂亮可爱的妹妹?
B: What are you trying to say?
B: 你想说什么呢?
A: Well, you can hook me up, maybe?
A: 嗯..也许你可帮我介绍一下?
B: No way.
B: 休想!
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"How come?" 是口语上经常被用来代替"why"的字, 是「为什么」的意思。但是"how come" 跟"why"的用法是不同的。 用"how come"时, 句子的构造很接近中文: 如: "How come you didn't call me last night?" (你为什么昨晚没打电话给我呢?)。这句话如果换成用"why"就须要用一般的问句型式, 而成 "Why didn't you call me last night?"了。
hard feelings 怨气
A: Man, I'm really sorry about what happened last night.
A:老兄啊!昨晚的事真是抱歉...
B: It's all right. It's over with. No hard feelings.
B:没关系。已经过去了。没什么好生气了。
"It's over with"是「已经过去了」。结束某种不愉快的情绪,可以用「get over」。如"I know you were mad at him for what he had done. But, it has been five years. Get over it."我知道你很气他所作的事,但是这已经是五年前的事了,你应该释怀了。
I would like to reserve a twin room at your hotel for four nights from June 8,2002.
我想要自2002年6月8日起4晚，向你们旅馆预订一间双人房。
It is usually hard for her to fall asleep when she goes to bed at night.
她晚上就寝，很难入睡。
He wakes during the night or early morning and finds it difficult to fall asleep again.
他晚间或清早醒来后，再也不能入睡。
@@@ 熬夜
be up & stay up 熬夜, 晚睡
burn the midnight oil 熬夜用功; 开夜车
make a night of it 熬夜, 工作或玩一整夜
stay up 不睡觉, 熬夜
you flatter me. 你过奖了!
a: gail. i saw your art show last night, and i must let you know how amazed i was by your incredible accomplishments.
A: Gail, 我昨天参观了你的美术展。 我一定要告诉你我对你的卓越成就感到多么惊讶。
b: oh, you flatter me.
B: 哎呀, 你真是过奖了!
美国人从不吝啬夸奖别人。他们夸赞的话, 也往往让人听了飘飘然。重要的是,
他们通常是发自内心的。我觉得他们这种能够欣赏别人优点的性格是一个很值得学习的。
blah-blah-blah 说个不停
All she does is go "blah-blah-blah" all night.
她整夜说个不停。
hung over宿醉未醒
Don't disturb him. He's still hung over from last night.
别吵醒他，他宿醉仍未醒。
4． has-been过时的人或物
Lisa is a has-been. No one will hire her any more.
丽莎已经过时了。没人会再雇佣她。
bent out of shape气坏了，大发雷霆
Mother is really bent out of shape because we came home so late last night.
因为我们昨天回去那么晚，所以母亲大发雷霆。
potluck聚餐（各家带一道菜的聚餐方式）
We're having a potluck Friday night, so bring a dish to pass.
星期五晚上我们要聚餐，带一道菜来参加吧！
be lit up like a Christmas tree喝醉之后非常高兴
Mr. Bigdrink was lit up like a Christmas tree at the party last night.
在昨天的社交晚会上，大酒徒先生喝醉以后高兴极了。
screw up弄错
The hotel screwed up our reservations so we didn't have a room for the night.
旅社把我们预定的房间弄错了，因此晚上没有地方可住。
We'll in for the night by then. 到晚上那时,我们一定已经回去了.
Whadja do last night? 昨晚你干嘛去了？
Whadja=What did you
"We had so much food left over from dinner at the China garden last night that we took enough home in doggy bags to feed the whole family tonight."
“昨晚我们在汉宫吃饭剩下了好多菜。我们带回家的剩菜就足够我们全家今天晚上再吃一顿的。”
"The accused man claimed that he'd been in another city the night of the murder. But his story didn't hold water after three differnet witnesses testified in court that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime."
“这个被控告的人说，发生谋杀案的那天晚上他出门去了，不在当地。但是，有三个不同的证人都出庭作证说，他们看见他从作案的地点逃跑。因此，他说出事那天他不在当地的说法根本是靠不住的。”
"I thought Mr. Claghorn's speech was right on the beam last night! Just like he says, we need to spend more money on educating our children. He makes a lot of sense to me."
“我认为克拉格霍恩先生昨晚上讲的话完全正确。就像他说的，我们应该花更多的钱在教育孩子方面。我觉得他讲的话很有道理。”
"Driving to a friend's house last night I took the wrong turn off the main highway and got lost. I didn't have a road map but I flew by the seat of my pants and after twenty minutes I found the street I was looking for."
“昨晚在我开车去一个朋友家的路上，我在一条高速公路上拐错了一个弯，结果就迷失了方向。我当时又没有地图。我只好凭着自己的猜测开，过了二十分钟我终于找到了我要去的那条路。”
"Last night I got into a poker game with these men I met in the hotel bar. And I lost a thousand dollars before I realized the cards were stacked against me. All I could do was pick up the money I had left and walk away."
“昨晚上，我和几个在旅馆酒吧间里碰到的人一起玩扑克游戏。直到我输了一千多美元后，我才忽然省悟到我想要赢他们恐怕是不可能的。我只好拿起剩下的钱就走了。”
- one's heart in one's mouth 吓得要命
My heart was in my mouth when I heart someone tapping on my window one raining night.
have one's heart in one's mouth ; with one's heart in one's mouth
- weigh on someone's mind 心事重重
The failure of signing the contract has been weighing on his mind. He couldn't sleep at night.
晚安 good night; good evening
黑暗 dark; night
晚班 night shift
夜班 night shift
白天和夜晚 day and night
A: See you tomorrow, Neil.
A: 明天见，尼尔。
B: Ok. See you tomorrow. What time can you come?
B: 好 ，明天见。你什么时候能来？
A: Is twelve o’clock ok?
A: 12点好吗？
B: Yes, that’s fine. Where shall we meet?
B: 好的。我们在哪里见面？
A: In the hotel lobby?
A: 在饭店的大厅好吗？
B: Ok. That’s easy. In the hotel lobby at twelve o’clock. Bye.
B: 好，那很简单。12点在饭店的大厅见。再见。
A: Good night. See you at 12.
A: 晚安。12点见。
If you want to ask someone about the past, you can use did / did: e.g.: Did you see the 2004 Olympics in Athens? / Did you see the 2004 Olympics in Athens? Did you watch the football on television last night? / Did you watch the football on television last night?
如果你要问某人有关过去发生的事，用did帮助提问 ，例如：Did you see the 2004 Olympics in Athens? /2004在雅典召开的奥运会你看了吗？Did you watch the football on television last night? /你看了昨晚的电视足球赛了吗？
安歇 [ān xiē] /go to bed/retire for the night/
熬夜 [áo yè] /stay up late or all night/
白夜 [bái yè] /white night/
半夜 [bàn yè] /midnight/in the middle of the night/
半夜三更 [bàn yè sān gēng] /in the depth of night/late at night/
傍晚 [bàng wǎn] /in the evening/when night falls/towards evening/at night fall/at dusk/
黑夜 [hēi yè] /night/
晦 [huì] /dark/night/unlucky/
开夜车 [kāi yè chē] /burn the midnight oil/work late into the night/
连夜 [lián yè] /(adv) into the night; through the night/
日夜 [rì yè] /day and night/around the clock/
深夜 [shēn yè] /very late at night/
宿 [sù] /lodge for the night/old/former/
晚 [wǎn] /evening/night/late/
晚安 [wǎn ān] /Good night!/Good evening!/
宵 [xiāo] /night/
宵禁 [xiāo jìn] /night curfew/
宿 [xiǔ] /(a) night/
夜 [yè] /night/
夜班 [yè bān] /(n) the night work shift/
夜间 [yè jiān] /nighttime/evening or night (e.g., classes)/
夜里 [yè lǐ] /(n) during the night; at night/
夜晚 [yè wǎn] /night/
夤 [yín] /late at night/
昼夜 [zhòu yè] /(n) day and night/(adv) continuously, without stop/
{adj: Arabian} relating to or associated with Arabia or its people
"Arabian Nights"
"Arabian Sea"
{adj: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire} lighted up by or as by fire or flame
"forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"
"even the car's tires were aflame"
"a night aflare with fireworks"
"candles alight on the tables"
"blazing logs in the fireplace"
"a burning cigarette"
"a flaming crackling fire"
"houses on fire"
{adj: all} quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
"we sat up all night"
"ate all the food"
"all men are mortal"
"all parties are welcome"
<-> some, no
{adj: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet} causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
"cast anxious glances behind her"
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
"an unquiet mind"
{adj: around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock} at all times
"around-the-clock nursing care"
{adj: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic} used of riotously drunken merrymaking
"a night of bacchanalian revelry"
"carousing bands of drunken soldiers"
"orgiastic festivity"
{adj: bad, tough} feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
"my throat feels bad"
"she felt bad all over"
"he was feeling tough after a restless night"
{adj: balmy, mild, soft} mild and pleasant
"balmy days and nights"
"the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"
"a soft breeze"
{adj: beneficial, good, salutary} tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
"beneficial effects of a balanced diet"
"a good night's sleep"
"the salutary influence of pure air"
{adj: benighted, nighted} overtaken by night or darkness
"benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
{adj: black, pitch-black, pitch-dark} extremely dark
"a black moonless night"
"through the pitch-black woods"
"it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
{adj: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting} uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
"the ceaseless thunder of surf"
"in constant pain"
"night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"
"the never-ending search for happiness"
"the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"
"man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"
"unremitting demands of hunger"
{adj: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly} possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
"charming incantations"
"magic signs that protect against adverse influence"
"a magical spell"
"'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare
"wizard wands"
"wizardly powers"
{adj: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, parky} pleasantly cold and invigorating
"crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"
"a nipping wind"
"a nippy fall day"
"snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)
{adj: darkling} (poetic) occurring in the dark or night
"a darkling journey"
{adj: disregarded, forgotten} not noticed inadvertently
"her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"
"he was scolded for his forgotten chores"
{adj: diurnal} belonging to or active during the day
"diurnal animals are active during the day"
"diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night"
<-> nocturnal
{adj: dreamlike, surreal} resembling a dream
"night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"
"as irrational and surreal as a dream"
{adj: dusky, twilight, twilit} lighted by or as if by twilight
"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
"the twilight glow of the sky"
"a boat on a twilit river"
{adj: empyreal, empyrean, sublime} inspiring awe
"well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin
"empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso
"the sublime beauty of the night"
{adj: engulfed, enveloped, swallowed} completely enclosed or swallowed up
"a house engulfed in flames"
"the fog-enveloped cliffs"
"a view swallowed by night"
{adj: enhanced} increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
"her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup"
"careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting"
{adj: equinoctial} relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal)
{adj: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing} far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
"a night of exceeding darkness"
"an exceptional memory"
"olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"
"the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
{adj: fly-by-night, shady} of businesses and businessmen of questionable honesty
"a fly-by-night operation"
{adj: fly-by-night} ephemeral
"the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
{adj: gay, festal, festive, merry} offering fun and gaiety
"a festive (or festal) occasion"
"gay and exciting night life"
"a merry evening"
{adj: insomniac, sleepless, watchful} experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
"insomniac old people"
"insomniac nights"
"lay sleepless all night"
"twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
{adj: katabatic, catabatic} of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night
<-> anabatic
{adj: lethargic, unergetic} deficient in alertness or activity
"bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
<-> energetic
{adj: light, wakeful} (of sleep) easily disturbed
"in a light doze"
"a light sleeper"
"a restless wakeful night"
{adj: lonely, lonesome} marked by dejection from being alone
"felt sad and lonely"
"the loneliest night of the week"
"lonesome when her husband is away"
"spent a lonesome hour in the bar"
{adj: miserable, wretched} characterized by physical misery
"a wet miserable weekend"
"spent a wretched night on the floor"
{adj: moonless} without a moon or a visible moon
"the dark moonless night"
"a moonless planet"
<-> moonlit
{adj: nightlong, all-night, overnight} lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
"a nightlong vigil"
"an all-night drugstore"
"an overnight trip"
{adj: nightly} happening every night
"nightly television now goes on until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m."
{adj: noctilucent} shining or glowing by night
"the noctilucent eyes of a cat"
{adj: nocturnal} belonging to or active during the night
"nocturnal animals are active at night"
"nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day"
<-> diurnal
{adj: nocturnal} of or relating to or occurring in the night
"nocturnal darkness"
{adj: on} (of events) planned or scheduled
"the picnic is on, rain or shine"
"we have nothing on for Friday night"
<-> off
{adj: ranging} wandering freely
"at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her"
{adj: red-letter} memorable for being a special occasion
"on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity"
{adj: relaxing, restful, reposeful} affording or marked by rest or repose
"the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"
"a restful night"
"a cool and reposeful glen"
{adj: rheumy} moist, damp, wet (especially of air)
"the raw and theumy damp of night air"
{adj: settled} established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
"with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night"
<-> unsettled
{adj: shaded} protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
"shaded avenues"
"o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope
<-> unshaded
{adj: shallow} not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
"shallow breathing"
"a night of shallow fretful sleep"
"in a shallow trance"
<-> deep
{adj: silent, soundless, still} marked by absence of sound
"a silent house"
"soundless footsteps on the grass"
"the night was still"
{adj: starless} not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
"dark starless nights"
<-> starry
{adj: starry} abounding with or resembling stars
"a starry night"
"starry eyes"
<-> starless
{adj: stilly} (poetic) still or calm
"in the stilly night"
{adj: thick, deep} (of darkness) very intense
"thick night"
"thick darkness"
"a face in deep shadow"
"deep night"
{adj: unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted} without warning or announcement
"they arrived unannounced"
"a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe
{adj: uneasy, restless} not affording rest
"spent a restless night"
"fell into an uneasy sleep"
{adj: unfamiliar} not known or well known
"a name unfamiliar to most"
"be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
<-> familiar
{adj: unfortunate} not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
"an unfortunate turn of events"
"an unfortunate decision"
"unfortunate investments"
"an unfortunate night for all concerned"
<-> fortunate
{adj: unquiet} characterized by unrest or disorder
"unquiet days of riots"
"following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"
"spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"
<-> quiet
{adj: unsleeping, wide-awake} fully awake
"the unsleeping city"
"so excited she was wide-awake all night"
{adj: white} of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
"white nights"
{adj: working, on the job} actively engaged in paid work
"the working population"
"the ratio of working men to unemployed"
"a working mother"
"robots can be on the job day and night"
{adv: at home} on the home team's field
"they played at home last night"
{adv: clear, all the way} completely
"read the book clear to the end"
"slept clear through the night"
"there were open fields clear to the horizon"
{adv: deep, late} to an advanced time
"deep into the night"
"talked late into the evening"
{adv: easterly} from the east
"the winds blew easterly all night"
<-> westerly
{adv: flip-flap} with repeated strokes and noise
"something going flip-flap in the night"
{adv: furtively, on the sly} in a furtive manner
"the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night"
{adv: inconsequentially, inconsequently} lacking consequence
"`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'"
<-> consequentially
{adv: long} for an extended time or at a distant time
"a promotion long overdue"
"something long hoped for"
"his name has long been forgotten"
"talked all night long"
"how long will you be gone?"
"arrived long before he was expected"
"it is long after your bedtime"
{adv: nightly, every night} at the end of each day
"she checks on her roses nightly"
{adv: nocturnally} at night
"nocturnally active bird"
{adv: out} away from home
"they went out last night"
{adv: potently, powerfully} in a manner having a powerful influence
"Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind"
{adv: sadly} with sadness; in a sad manner
"`She died last night,' he said sadly"
{adv: thrice} three times
"I called you thrice last night"
{adv: tonight, this evening, this night} during the night of the present day
"drop by tonight"
{adv: unattractively} in an unattractive manner
"she was unattractively dressed last night"
<-> attractively
{adv: unswervingly} without swerving; in a direct and unswerving manner
"the ship travelled unswervingly through the night"
{n: Aether} personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness
{n: Aladdin's lamp} (Arabian Nights) a magical lamp from which Aladdin summoned a genie
{n: Aladdin} in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
{n: Ali Baba} the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
{n: Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights} a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
{n: Ardeidae, family Ardeidae} herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
{n: Barbary Coast} a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)
"we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!"
{n: Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes Night} effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
{n: Chopin} the music of Chopin
"he practiced Chopin day and night"
{n: Hypsiglena, genus Hypsiglena} night snakes
{n: Jupiter} the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
{n: Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Night, St John's Eve, St John's Night, June 23} the night before Midsummer Day
{n: Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way System} the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky
{n: Noah} the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
{n: Nox, Night} Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
{n: Nyctanassa, genus Nyctanassa} American night herons
{n: Nycticorax, genus Nycticorax} Old World night herons
{n: Nyx} (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
{n: Psyche} (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
{n: Pullman, Pullman car} luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel
{n: Saturday night special} a cheap handgun that is easily obtained
{n: Seder, Passover supper} (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover
{n: Selenicereus, genus Selenicereus} mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
{n: Sinbad the Sailor, Sinbad} in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages
{n: Twelfth night} eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
{n: Ushas} goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night
{n: Varuna} in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world
{n: Walpurgis Night} eve of May Day
{n: Xantusiidae, family Xantusiidae} night lizards
{n: acoustic buoy} a buoy that can be heard (at night)
{n: bachelor party} stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married)
{n: bed ground, bed-ground, bedground} an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
{n: beginning} the first part or section of something
"`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
<-> middle, end
{n: black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax} night heron of both Old and New Worlds
{n: bloomer} a flower that blooms in a particular way
"a night bloomer"
{n: boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius} tropical American heron related to night herons
{n: broadcast, program, programme} a radio or television show
"did you see his program last night?"
{n: bunny, bunny girl} a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
{n: cabaret, floorshow, floor show} a series of acts at a night club
{n: cabaret, nightclub, club, nightspot} a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
"don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"
"the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"
"he played the drums at a jazz club"
{n: chapter} a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
"he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
{n: closeness, intimacy} a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
"their closeness grew as the night wore on"
{n: coffee stall} a stand (usually movable) selling hot coffee and food (especially at night)
{n: cotton rose, Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis} Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
{n: counterglow, gegenschein} a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
{n: cover charge, cover} a fixed charge by a restaurant or night club over and above the charge for food and drink
{n: cry} the characteristic utterance of an animal
"animal cries filled the night"
{n: day game} a game played in daylight
<-> night game
{n: day school} a school giving instruction during the daytime
<-> night school
{n: day, daytime, daylight} the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
"the dawn turned night into day"
"it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
<-> night
{n: daybed, divan bed} an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night
{n: deep} the central and most intense or profound part
"in the deep of night"
"in the deep of winter"
{n: dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris} a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
"the dog barked all night"
{n: dream, dreaming} a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
"I had a dream about you last night"
{n: equinox} either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
{n: evening} the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
"an evening at the opera"
{n: fight} a boxing or wrestling match
"the fight was on television last night"
{n: flambeau} a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
{n: fly-by-night} a debtor who flees to avoid paying
{n: form} an ability to perform well
"he was at the top of his form"
"the team was off form last night"
{n: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp} a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
{n: good night} a conventional expression of farewell
{n: graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch, night watch} a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
{n: guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go} the duty of serving as a sentry
"he was on guard that night"
{n: guest night} an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
{n: guzzler} someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages)
"he's a beer guzzler every night"
{n: henroost} a roost for hens at night
{n: house party} a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house
{n: hush, stillness, still} (poetic) tranquil silence
"the still of the night"
{n: jacklight} a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night
{n: lady-of-the-night, Brunfelsia americana} West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
{n: lanternfish} small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
{n: late-night hour} the latter part of night
{n: leftovers} food remaining from a previous meal
"he had leftovers for dinner last night"
{n: low, low pressure, depression} an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
{n: male child, boy} a youthful male person
"the baby was a boy"
"she made the boy brush his teeth every night"
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