单词 | late night |
释义 | > as lemmaslate night late night n. and adj. (a) n. a night on which a person goes to bed late; an instance of staying up late; (b) adj. occurring or taking place late at night; open late at night. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] > taking place at night night-going1639 late night1764 1764 London Chron. 5 Jan. 19/2 Raking and late nights, and hard drinking..at length pulled down the pride of his youth. 1828 C. White Almack's Revisited III. i. 61 As we are sure to have a late night at Crockford's, I shall take the liberty of going to sleep. 1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Jan. 31/2 Its [sc. the Senate's] members were exhausted with late night sittings. 1885 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Dec. 202/2 The damp, earthy, late-night smells. 1934 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 22 Apr. 19/3 Others had dark rings under their eyes from too many late nights. 1957 J. Osborne Entertainer iii. 31 He plays the piano in one of these late-night drinking places. 1991 Transpacific July 62/2 Open late every night. Perfect for a late-night snack. 2014 P. Pernicano Using Trauma-focused Therapy Stories xviii. 153 I had a late night and my head is killing me. < as lemmas |
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