| 单词 | day and night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasday and night (a) day and night: during both day and night; continually, constantly, incessantly; (hence attributive) that lasts, takes place, or acts throughout the day and night. Cf. night n. and int. Phrases 1a(a). [Compare Middle Low German dach unde nacht , and Middle High German naht unde tac (compare German Tag und Nacht ), Gothic naht jah daga (compare night and day at night n. and int. Phrases 1a(a)) Compare also Old English dæges and nihtes , Old Saxon dages endi nahtes , Old High German tages ioh nahtes (Middle High German tages unde nahtes ); compare days adv., nights adv., and the discussion of adverbial uses in the main etymology. Compare further post-classical Latin die et nocte (Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς (Septuagint), νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν (New Testament).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase] night and dayeOE day and nightOE without(en) blina1300 morning, noon, and nightc1325 but stintc1330 by and byc1330 early and latec1330 without ceasec1330 without ceasinga1340 withouten hoc1374 without releasec1400 still opece1422 in a ranec1480 never ceasable?1518 without remorse1555 every foot (and anon)1561 round1652 year in and year out1819 twenty-four hours a day1914 the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly day and nightOE morning, noon, and nightc1325 new and newa1425 time after time?a1425 over and overa1470 toties quoties1525 again and again1533 reiteratively1619 over and over again1637 repeatedlya1647 times without number1658 to and again1659 —— in, —— out1815 time and time again1821 day in (and) day out1824 recurringly1828 repetitiously1828 recurrently1841 repetitively1872 ever and again1880 recursively1901 twenty-four hours a day1914 serially1978 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) 28 Nov. (2013) 220 Hig slepon dæg and nyht, swa lange swa hig on þam huse wæron. lOE St. Nicholas (Corpus Cambr.) (1997) 96 Soðlice, hi þænceð dæg & niht ymbe þinne swicdom. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5112 Te birrþ ȝe[o]rnenn daȝȝ. & nihht. a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 4 (MED) Þet swinkeð dei & niht i ðine seruise. ?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne 100 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 147 Oþer briddes..stinteþ neuer..Miri to sing dai and niȝt. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 658 (MED) His peine day and nyht He dede, if he hire wynne myhte. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. vi. sig. av The x knyghtes were ordeyned to watche the swerd day & nyȝt. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 53/2 The pageauntes..were in making day and night at westminster. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xviii. 199 [She] laboured his cause day and night. 1724 J. Gay Captives i. v. 9 Is still the King a stranger to this sorrow That day and night lies rankling in your breast? 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1880) I. iii. 184 The bags were carried..day and night at the rate of about five miles an hour. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 16 Mar. 10/2 The work will be carried out by day and night relays of men. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 19 551 Day and night they worked. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxvii. 436 Unless day-and-night nursing is available it is a wise precaution with many patients to tie their hands loosely to the bed at night. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing ii. 129 Their trappers' radio—powered by nine D cell batteries and left on day and night. < as lemmas |
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