单词 | night lark |
释义 | > as lemmasnight lark night lark n. (a) a bird that sings at night; esp. the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (now rare); †(b) a person who goes out at night, esp. to socialize; cf. night owl n. 2 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > one who brings or likes night or darkness owlc1390 night-waker?c1475 nightbird1548 night wanderer1576 night owl1594 noctifer1667 night larka1770 nighthawk1868 a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 84 Thou mayste heare the swotie nyghte larke chaunte. 1776 F. N. C. Mundy Needwood Forest ii. 17 Now the wak'd reed-birds swell their throats, And night-larks trill their mingled notes. 1821 T. Shoel Poems Var. Subj. 54 Hear the night-lark's soft melodious lay. 1836 Parterre of Fiction V. 249/1 These fine metaphysics..don't explain to me the reason of your being in the street at this hour singing away there like a night-lark. 1845 C. E. Wright Wyoming xvii. 65/2 ‘A young night lark,’ said Summers, ushering him into the room, ‘late home from some neighbour's daughter, I've no doubt.’ 1850 Househ. Words 6 Apr. 27/2 Saloons and night-larks, owing for. 1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage I. xxiii. 258 Night-larks of different classes, both sexes. 1908 H. Lea Vermilion Pencil i. i. 28 The wood-warbler with cadences of silvery notes; now rising, exultant as the nightlark, to the ear of heaven. 2005 M. D. O'Brien Sophia House ii. 32 The night larks calling to each other, the stars beyond counting and very bright. < as lemmas |
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