| 释义 |
ˈnight-shift
[f. night n. + shift n.]
1. A shift or garment worn by women at night.
1710Steele Tatler No. 245 ⁋2 [She] carried off the following Goods.., Eight Night-Shifts. 1727G. Jacob Rape Smock 7 Cœlia..slips on her Night-Shift. 1863Queen Victoria Let. 8 Apr. in R. Fulford Dearest Mama (1968) 192 Poor, dear Alice had the same night shift on which I had when you were all born! 1923Conrad Rover v. 76 If she had a petticoat over her night-shift, that was all. 1958New Yorker 13 Dec. 69/2 (Advt.), The beautiful night shift..by Barbizon in..nylon satin.
2. a. A shift, or gang of workers, employed during the night.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 992 At 11 o'clock in the forenoon the night shift of miners was relieved by the day shift. 1887Pall Mall G. 19 Feb. 8/2 There was consolation..in the fact that the whole of the night shift had not yet descended.
b. The time during which the shift lasts.
1860Smiles Self-Help iv. 82 While working as an engine-man during the night-shifts. 1882Report Precious Metals U.S. 18 To store the débris loosened during the night shifts. |