night wakingn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪt ˌweɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪt ˌweɪkɪŋ/

Forms: see night n. and waking n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., waking n.

Etymology: < night n. + waking n. Compare earlier night-waker n.

1. The action or practice of remaining awake at night, esp. in study or †(Scottish) revelry. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, fact, or instance of staying awake at night

waking1340

night waking1486

night-watching1509

sitting up1547

night sitting1644

1486 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 30 For nichtwaiking and wntymous drinking.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy I. ii. xiv. 167 Many men (saith he [sc. Levinus Lemnius]) come to this malady by continuall study, and night waking, and of all other men Schollers are most subiect to it.

1868 Harper's Mag. Aug. 384/2 His face..bears traces of long-continued night-waking and mental toils.

1968 M. Rukeyser Transgress in Coll. Poems (1978) 436 I sat on the naked bed of space, All things becoming other than what they seem In the night-waking.

2. Habitual awakening during the night, esp. of an infant or young child.

ΚΠ

1957 T. Moore & L. E. Ucko in Arch. Dis. Childhood 32 334 Incidence of night waking in two groups of infants through the first year of life.

1973 J. F. Bernal Devel. Med. & Child Neurol. 15 760 (title) Night waking in infants during the first 14 months.

1983 Biometrics 39 686 The five binary variables used in this analysis were the presence or absence of depression, irritability, difficulty in getting to sleep, night waking, and nervousness.

1995 Nursing Times 22 Mar. 10/3 Of 16 children who persisted in having sleeping difficulties..10 continued to be taken in their parents' beds in response to night waking.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	night waking
释义	night wakingn. Brit. /ˈnʌɪt ˌweɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnaɪt ˌweɪkɪŋ/ Forms: see night n. and waking n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., waking n. Etymology: < night n. + waking n. Compare earlier night-waker n. 1. The action or practice of remaining awake at night, esp. in study or †(Scottish) revelry. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, fact, or instance of staying awake at night waking1340 night waking1486 night-watching1509 sitting up1547 night sitting1644 1486 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 30 For nichtwaiking and wntymous drinking. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy I. ii. xiv. 167 Many men (saith he [sc. Levinus Lemnius]) come to this malady by continuall study, and night waking, and of all other men Schollers are most subiect to it. 1868 Harper's Mag. Aug. 384/2 His face..bears traces of long-continued night-waking and mental toils. 1968 M. Rukeyser Transgress in Coll. Poems (1978) 436 I sat on the naked bed of space, All things becoming other than what they seem In the night-waking. 2. Habitual awakening during the night, esp. of an infant or young child. ΚΠ 1957 T. Moore & L. E. Ucko in Arch. Dis. Childhood 32 334 Incidence of night waking in two groups of infants through the first year of life. 1973 J. F. Bernal Devel. Med. & Child Neurol. 15 760 (title) Night waking in infants during the first 14 months. 1983 Biometrics 39 686 The five binary variables used in this analysis were the presence or absence of depression, irritability, difficulty in getting to sleep, night waking, and nervousness. 1995 Nursing Times 22 Mar. 10/3 Of 16 children who persisted in having sleeping difficulties..10 continued to be taken in their parents' beds in response to night waking. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1486
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