| 单词 | nocturnal |
| 释义 | nocturnal (nɒktɜːʳnəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Nocturnal means occurring at night. ...long nocturnal walks. ...the immensity of the nocturnal sky. 2. adjective Nocturnal creatures are active mainly at night. When there is a full moon, this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow. Collocations: nocturnal animal It sounds like a slightly rustly nocturnal animal. Times, Sunday Times It's a nocturnal animal and it likes to travel. Times, Sunday Times They were hampered by the secretive nature of the nocturnal animal, which lives in remote forest areas, and by there being only 57 specimens in museums worldwide. Times, Sunday Times He was almost a nocturnal animal. Houston Chronicle It was a strictly nocturnal animal which led a solitary lifestyle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Food prices rise 'like a baneful wind'; one character feels 'puissant like a nocturnal predator'. Times, Sunday Times Consequently, it was an easy prey for this efficient, nocturnal predator. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A nocturnal predator by nature, the barn owl relies heavily on using precise information on the time of arrival of sound in its ears. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The nocturnal predator feeds mainly on other fish and crabs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A nocturnal predator, it inhabits savanna woodlands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 夜间发生的, 夜间活动的 Japanese: 夜にする, 夜行性の |
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