释义 |
ˈnight-walk, v. [f. night n. + walk v.1] trans. To walk or travel across (a place) by night. Also transf.
1845Thoreau Jrnl. 6 Aug. in Writings (1906) VII. 377 Fallen spirits who once in human shape night-walked the earth. 1899Kipling Five Nations (1903) 8 Consider what toils we [sc. cruisers] endure, Night-walking wet sea-lanes, a guard and a lure. |