单词 | late bird |
释义 | > as lemmaslate bird late bird n. colloquial a person who is accustomed to rise or go to bed late; a keeper of late hours; cf. early bird n. 2. ΚΠ 1831 Ladies' Museum Oct. 148/1 He found the star in a flowered silk dressing-gown, sitting at breakfast—(your player is a late bird)—with his handsome wife beside him. 1969 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Only Matter of Time 9 He had never been a late bird... He was seldom out after twelve. 1996 K. A. Albert Get Good Night's Sleep (1999) i. 36 Some ‘late birds’ have cured their insomnia by arranging work schedules to allow them to come into work later. < as lemmas |
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