midnight

英 [ˈmɪdnaɪt]

美 [ˈmɪdnaɪt]

n.  午夜; 子夜

复数：midnights　

高考CET4CET6IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3635 / COCA.3461

习惯用语

n.

burn the midnight oil
• 挑灯夜战；熬夜
  to study or work until late at night
do a moonlight/midnight flit
• （通常为了躲债）夜间偷偷逃走
  to leave a place suddenly and secretly at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to sb

牛津词典

noun

• 午夜；子夜
  12 o'clock at night
• 午夜；子夜
  12 o'clock at night

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 子夜;午夜;半夜
  Midnightis twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
  1. It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment...
     安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。
  2. The entrance gates were locked at midnight.
     大门午夜时上锁。
• ADJ 半夜的;午夜的;子夜的
  Midnightis used to describe something which happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night.
  1. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline...
     想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。
  2. Well we did have a midnight feast, me and my sister.
     我和姐姐的确在半夜大吃了一顿。
• PHRASE 开夜车;挑灯夜战;工作(或读书)至深夜
  If someoneis burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
  1. Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.
     克里斯为了写完文章挑灯夜战，现在已经睡着了。

英英释义

noun

• 12 o'clock at night
  1. young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight

双语例句

• If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house
  如果他把闹钟设在午夜响，那会把全家人都吵醒的。
• The entrance gates were locked at midnight.
  大门午夜时上锁。
• It was past midnight
  午夜已过。
• He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight.
  他在午夜时分离开，避开了记者的追踪。
• My friend and I returned to town by the midnight express.
  我和我朋友乘午夜的快车回城。
• Franklin did not turn up until well after midnight
  富兰克林直到午夜过后很久才出现。
• They had a midnight feast in their tent.
  他们在帐篷里举行了一次午夜宴会。
• They worked till midnight.
  他们工作到半夜。
• Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.
  克里斯为了写完文章挑灯夜战，现在已经睡着了。
• The break-in had occurred just before midnight.
  这次非法闯入就发生在午夜前。