单词 | night-walk |
释义 | night-walkv. transitive. To walk or travel across (a place) at night. Also in extended use. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk across (a place) by night night-walk1845 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > walk or travel by night night-walk1845 1845 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 6 Aug. (1984) II. 170 Fallen spirits—who once in human shape night-walked the earth. 1899 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 8 Consider what toils we [sc. cruisers] endure, Night-walking wet sea-lanes, a guard and a lure. 1935 M. Rukeyser Metaphor to Action in Coll. Poems (1978) Here are the dynamos, steel-black, harboring flame, Here is the man night-walking who derives Tomorrow's manifestoes from this midnight's meeting. 1996 Church Times 25 Oct. 24/4 It was the custom of the three to night-walk in the Quantocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1845 |
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