| 释义 |
nights, adv. Now colloq. and U.S.|naɪts|
[OE. nihtes = OFris. nachtes, -is, OS. nahtes (MDu. nachtes, nachts, Du. 's nachts), OHG. nahtes (G. nachts), an irreg. genitive form on the analogy of dæᵹes, dages, etc. (see day n. 1 b), but in later use prob. apprehended as a plural.]
During the night, by night, at night.
Beowulf 422 Ic..on yðum sloᵹ niceras nihtes. a900Cynewulf Crist 938 Mona þæt sylfe, þe ær moncynne nihtes lyhte, niþer ᵹehreoseð. c1000Boeth. Metr. xiii. 59 Merecondel scyfð on ofdæle, uncuðne weᵹ nihtes ᵹeneðeð. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1101 Se biscop Rannulf..ut of þam ture on Lunden nihtes oðbærst. a1250Owl & Night. 591 Wan ich flo niȝtes after muse. a1272Luue Ron 60 in O.E. Misc. 95 If he dret þat me him stele, Þenne doþ him pyne nyhtes wake. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints Prol. 102 Chosine knychttis seruand hyme bath day & nychtis. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 6443 Ȝe scholde sitte and wake nygthes, As hauke on perche that sittes in mewe. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart. E ij, Aboue all nights, nights, dayes, each hower remember, To solemnize the twenteth of Nouember.
1786Exchange Advertiser (Boston) 19 Oct. (Th.), Not a flute that has a hole in it, but that is employed very successfully nights. 1861O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 29 To-morrow we do guard duty. It is tiresome work. No sleep nights. 1866Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. Introd., So thievish they hev to take in their stone walls nights. 1899F. J. Mather Chaucer's Prol. p. vii, Chaucer..returning nights to his home in chambers over Aldgate. 1938T. Wilder Our Town 34 From my window up there I can just see your head nights when you're doing your homework over in your room. 1964Panorama (Brisbane) Sept. 7/1, I don't know who writes the lyrics for their songs, but professionals can still sleep nights. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 12/1 (Advt.), She wanted a place that would stay up nights to serve her. |