| 单词 | midnight watching |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidnight watching midnight watching n. the action or practice of staying awake late at night; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 21 Unlesse he carry all his considerate diligence, all his midnight watchings and expense of Palladian oil, to the hasty view of an unleisured licenser. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. lxxxv. 208 Mrs. Blagden perpetually attended her; Sir Sidney and Miss Hanbury by turns undertaking the task of midnight watching. 1865 R. W. Buchanan Idylls & Legends Inverburn 152 The woman sat Weeping full sore, her apron o'er a face Haggard with midnight watching. 1962 W. Everson Hazards of Holiness in Coll. Poems (1998) II. 178 I have lain long, lain long, Long in thy grasp am lain, Lord of the midnight watchings. < as lemmas |
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