| 单词 | of a night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof a night (d) Chiefly colloquial. of a night: during the night, at night (esp. usually or habitually). ΚΠ 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xix. 171 For after he was once in his Chamber of a night, he seldom came out again to watch us. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. ii. 155 I have had less Trouble, I warrant you, with a good Squire's Family, where we take forty or fifty Shillings of a Night, besides Horses. View more context for this quotation 1819 J. Keats Let. 16 Apr. (1958) II. 92 Do you put your hair in papers of a night? 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xii. 203 That ass, Pumblechook, used often to come over of a night for the purpose of discussing my prospects with my sister. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. iii. iii. 305 Ask June whether she had worn night-socks up in those high hotels where it must be so cold of a night. 1947 D. M. Davin in N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 148 Frightful rows there used to be before she got used to him going out of a night. Mind you, he always took the bull-at-a-gate method. 1988 W. Berry Remembering iv. 62 Do you cry any of a night, son? < as lemmas |
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