night /naɪt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-VAR The night is the part of each day when the sun has set and it is dark outside, especially the time when people are sleeping. 夜

  例：

  The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night.

  那场战斗傍晚开始，持续了一整夜。

  例：

  Finally night fell.

  夜幕终于降临了。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The night is the period of time between the end of the afternoon and the time that you go to bed, especially the time when you relax before going to bed. 晚上 (尤指睡前)

  例：

  So whose party was it last night?

  那么昨天晚上是谁的晚会？

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A particular night is a particular evening when a special event takes place, such as a show or a play. (演出等的) 夜场

  例：

  The first night crowd packed the building.

  首次夜场演出，观众全场爆满。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If it is a particular time at night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight. 晚上

  例：

  It's eleven o'clock at night in Moscow.

  现在莫斯科是晚上11点。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If something happens at night, it happens regularly during the evening or night. 每晚

  例：

  He was going to college at night, in order to become an accountant.

  他为了当会计，每晚要去学院听课。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping. 夜以继日地

  例：

  Dozens of doctors and nurses have been working day and night for weeks.

  很多医生和护士夜以继日地工作了几周了。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late. 早睡/晚睡

  例：

  I've had a hell of a day, and all I want is an early night.

  今天真是太糟糕了，我只想早早睡觉。

• 8. 

  morning, noon, and night →see morning