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单词 all-nighter
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all-nighter

[ awl-nahy-ter ]
/ ˈɔlˈnaɪ tər /

noun Informal.

something that lasts, is available, or is open for business throughout the night: The poker game turned into an all-nighter. Are any of the grocery stores all-nighters?
an act of staying up all night, as to study or finish a task: I had to pull an all-nighter to get the paper done on time.

Origin of all-nighter

1890–95; all night + -er1

Words nearby all-nighter

all joking aside, all kinds of, allmouth, allness, all-night, all-nighter, allo-, Alloa, alloantibody, alloantigen, allobarbital
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    Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for all-nighter

all-nighter
/ (ˌɔːlˈnaɪtə) /

noun

an entertainment, such as a pop concert or film screening, that lasts all night
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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