night 音标拼音: [n'ɑɪt]
n . 夜,夜晚,晚上,黑暗,死亡
夜,夜晚,晚上,黑暗,死亡
night 夜间
night n 1 :
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [
synonym : {
night }, {
nighttime }, {
dark }] [
ant : {
day },
{
daylight }, {
daytime }]
2 :
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom 3 :
the period spent sleeping ; "
I had a restless night "
4 :
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit ;
"
three nights later he collapsed "
5 :
darkness ; "
it vanished into the night "
6 :
a shortening of nightfall ; "
they worked from morning to night "
7 :
the time between sunset and midnight ; "
he watched television every night "
8 :
Roman goddess of night ;
daughter of Erebus ;
counterpart of Greek Nyx [
synonym : {
Nox }, {
Night }]
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Cf . {
Equinox }, {
Nocturnal }.]
1 .
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon ,
or the time from sunset to sunrise ;
esp .,
the time between dusk and dawn ,
when there is no light of the sun ,
but only moonlight ,
starlight ,
or artificial light .
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1913 Webster ]
And God called the light Day ,
and the darkness he called Night . --
Gen .
i .
5 .
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2 .
Hence :
(
a )
Darkness ;
obscurity ;
concealment .
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Nature and nature '
s laws lay hid in night .
--
Pope .
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(
b )
Intellectual and moral darkness ;
ignorance .
(
c )
A state of affliction ;
adversity ;
as ,
a dreary night of sorrow .
(
d )
The period after the close of life ;
death .
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1913 Webster ]
She closed her eyes in everlasting night .
--
Dryden .
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Do not go gentle into that good night Rage ,
rage against the dying of the light .
--
Dylan Thomas .
[
PJC ]
(
e )
A lifeless or unenlivened period ,
as when nature seems to sleep . "
Sad winter '
s night ". --
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Night is sometimes used ,
esp .
with participles ,
in the formation of self -
explaining compounds ;
as ,
night -
blooming ,
night -
born ,
night -
warbling ,
etc .
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{
Night by night }, {
Night after night },
nightly ;
many nights .
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So help me God ,
as I have watched the night ,
Ay ,
night by night ,
in studying good for England .
--
Shak .
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{
Night bird }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The moor hen ({
Gallinula chloropus }).
(
b )
The Manx shearwater ({
Puffinus Anglorum }).
{
Night blindness }. (
Med .)
See {
Hemeralopia }.
{
Night cart },
a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night .
{
Night churr }, (
Zool .),
the nightjar .
{
Night crow },
a bird that cries in the night .
{
Night dog },
a dog that hunts in the night , --
used by poachers .
{
Night fire }.
(
a )
Fire burning in the night .
(
b )
Ignis fatuus ;
Will -
o '-
the -
wisp ;
Jask -
with -
a -
lantern .
{
Night flyer } (
Zool .),
any creature that flies in the night ,
as some birds and insects .
{
night glass },
a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light ,
so as see objects distinctly at night .
--
Totten .
{
Night green },
iodine green .
{
Night hag },
a witch supposed to wander in the night .
{
Night hawk } (
Zool .),
an American bird ({
Chordeiles Virginianus }),
allied to the goatsucker .
It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening ,
on the wing ,
and often ,
diving down perpendicularly ,
produces a loud whirring sound ,
like that of a spinning wheel .
Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers .
It is called also {
bull bat }.
{
Night heron } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of herons of the genus {
Nycticorax },
found in various parts of the world .
The best known species is {
Nycticorax griseus },
or {
Nycticorax nycticorax },
of Europe ,
and the American variety (
var .
naevius ).
The yellow -
crowned night heron ({
Nyctanassa violacea }
syn . {
Nycticorax violaceus })
inhabits the Southern States .
Called also {
qua -
bird },
and {
squawk }.
{
Night house },
a public house ,
or inn ,
which is open at night .
{
Night key },
a key for unfastening a night latch .
{
Night latch },
a kind of latch for a door ,
which is operated from the outside by a key .
{
Night monkey } (
Zool .),
an owl monkey .
{
night moth } (
Zool .),
any one of the noctuids .
{
Night parrot } (
Zool .),
the kakapo .
{
Night piece },
a painting representing some night scene ,
as a moonlight effect ,
or the like .
{
Night rail },
a loose robe ,
or garment ,
worn either as a nightgown ,
or over the dress at night ,
or in sickness .
[
Obs .]
{
Night raven } (
Zool .),
a bird of ill omen that cries in the night ;
esp .,
the bittern .
{
Night rule }.
(
a )
A tumult ,
or frolic ,
in the night ; --
as if a corruption ,
of night revel . [
Obs .]
(
b )
Such conduct as generally rules ,
or prevails ,
at night .
What night rule now about this haunted grove ?
--
Shak .
{
Night sight }. (
Med .)
See {
Nyctolopia }.
{
Night snap },
a night thief . [
Cant ] --
Beau . &
Fl .
{
Night soil },
human excrement ; --
so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure .
{
Night spell },
a charm against accidents at night .
{
Night swallow } (
Zool .),
the nightjar .
{
Night walk },
a walk in the evening or night .
{
Night walker }.
(
a )
One who walks in his sleep ;
a somnambulist ;
a noctambulist .
(
b )
One who roves about in the night for evil purposes ;
specifically ,
a prostitute who walks the streets .
{
Night walking }.
(
a )
Walking in one '
s sleep ;
sleep walking ;
somnambulism ;
noctambulism .
(
b )
Walking the streets at night with evil designs .
{
Night warbler } (
Zool .),
the sedge warbler ({
Acrocephalus phragmitis }); --
called also {
night singer }. [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Night watch }.
(
a )
A period in the night ,
as distinguished by the change of watch .
(
b )
A watch ,
or guard ,
to aford protection in the night .
{
Night watcher },
one who watches in the night ;
especially ,
one who watches with evil designs .
{
Night witch }.
Same as {
Night hag },
above .
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1913 Webster ]
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
night ":
Egyptian darkness ,
Erebus ,
all the time ,
all -
night ,
blackness ,
ceaselessly ,
charcoal ,
coal ,
continually ,
continuously ,
crow ,
dark ,
dark of night ,
darkness ,
darkness visible ,
dead of night ,
dusk ,
ebon ,
ebony ,
endlessly ,
evening ,
evensong ,
eventide ,
gloaming ,
incessantly ,
ink ,
intense darkness ,
jet ,
lightlessness ,
midnight ,
moonlessness ,
night and day ,
night -
fallen ,
nightfall ,
nightlong ,
nightly ,
nighttide ,
nighttime ,
nocturnal ,
obscure ,
obscure darkness ,
obscurity ,
pitch ,
pitch -
darkness ,
pitchy darkness ,
raven ,
round -
the -
clock ,
sable night ,
sloe ,
smoke ,
smut ,
soot ,
starlessness ,
sundown ,
sunlessness ,
sunset ,
swarthiness ,
tar ,
tenebrosity ,
tenebrousness ,
the palpable obscure ,
total darkness ,
twilight ,
unceasingly ,
unendingly ,
velvet darkness ,
vespers
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