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单词 night-shade
释义 ˈnight-shade2
[f. night n. + shade n.]
1. The shade or darkness of night.
1558T. Phaer æneid ii. E iv, Through the dark night shade her self she drew from sight.1621R. Brathwait Nat. Embassie (1877) 164 Short was our sun-shine, but our night⁓shade long.1839–52Bailey Festus 237 The day hath night-shade long.1878Hardy Ret. Native vi. iv, The party drove off and vanished in the night-shades.
2. fig. A night-walker, a prostitute. Obs. rare—1.
1612Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb ii. ii, Here comes a night⁓shade. A gentlewoman-whore.
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