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单词 night-walk
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night-walkv.

Brit. /ˈnʌɪtwɔːk/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌwɔk/, /ˈnaɪtˌwɑk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., walk v.
Etymology: < night n. + walk v. Compare earlier night walk n., night-walker n., night walking n., night-walking adj.
transitive. To walk or travel across (a place) at night. Also in extended use. Also intransitive.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk across (a place) by night
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > walk or travel by night
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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).
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