| 单词 | late hours |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslate hours late hours n. (a) the hours after most people have gone to bed, esp. when spent socializing; (b) hours spent working late.Recorded earliest in to keep late hours at keep v. 13. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > late hours late hours1633 1633 J. Shirley Bird in Cage iv. i. sig. G3v They never kept late houres, though they all weare feathers, there's not a Rorer amongst em. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xiii. 102 Without Love, and Wine, and Play, and late hours, we hold Life not to be worth living. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlv. 407 He was killing himself by late hours and intense application. 1884 Bread Winners 76 Drunkenness, late hours, and botchy work. 1960 C. Beaton Diary Feb. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxii. 322 I am not good at pubs, drinking clubs and late hours. 1995 Minnesota Monthly Feb. 20/1 Now sixty, she has no plans to retire. Sometimes the late hours are tiring. < as lemmas |
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