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单词 small hours
释义

small hours

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plural noun

hours after midnight; early morning hours: We danced into the small hours.

Origin of small hours

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby small hours

small frog in a big pond, small fry, small game, small goods, small holding, small hours, small increment sensitivity index, small intestine, smallish, small letter, small-minded
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Example sentences from the Web for small hours

  • In the small-hours of to-night we leave this wonderful place.

    Letters to Helen|Keith Henderson
  • You must have enjoyed it better than you expected, for more than one of the ‘small-hours’ had struck before you came home.

    Janet's Love and Service|Margaret M Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for small hours

small hours

pl n

the small hours the early hours of the morning, after midnight and before dawn
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

Idioms and Phrases with small hours

small hours

Also, wee hours. The hours following midnight, as in I stayed up working through the small hours, or The parents didn't come home until the wee hours. The adjectives small and wee both refer to the low numbers of those hours (one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). [c. 1830]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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