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单词 night owl
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Definition of night owl in English:

night owl

noun
informal
  • A person who is habitually active or wakeful at night.

    dedicated night owls may retire to the late bars
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I usually didn't wake up early enough for breakfast because I was a night owl and usually stayed up until around 4 in the morning and didn't wake up until noon.
    • The moon rules my sign, maybe this is why I'm a night owl.
    • He's a bit of a night owl, so ring after 10 p.m. and be sure to say that I told you to call.
    • The other dancers were deep in their own conversation, and, though normally a night owl, Amber found herself getting tired, and laid her head on Ronan's shoulder.
    • I'm a night owl, and pretty much useless in the mornings.
    • Sam's mother smiled and said, ‘If you weren't such a night owl, you might actually wake up without the help of coffee one morning.’
    • ‘Because of the nature of my security business, I am a bit of a night owl and my company's name is Night Security so I combined the two to come up with the title for the new CD,’ he smiled.
    • I'm not a night owl,’ he commented, crawling into his sleep sack before falling asleep.
    • There is also a worthwhile network of night buses, especially in the centre of London which for the night owl are both frequent and comprehensive enough to be of real value.
    • I'm a night owl and my husband's more of a lark, so I'll sometimes find myself alone with a glass of wine at midnight, too.
    • But Prince already was a finicky eater, and he says, ‘I'm definitely not a night owl.’
    • I'm a night owl, true, but it's getting pretty late.
    • She's on the job, but she's something of a night owl and doesn't hit top gear until much later in the day.
    • Thank goodness I'm a night owl, otherwise it probably would have taken twice as long to finish this chapter.
    • Then he added, ‘I know, it's weird, but I am a night owl.’
    • I had a lovely conversation with his mother, my grandma Susie, on the phone today, and, thanks to the magic of instant messaging, just now wished my mum (who is a night owl like me) a happy mother's day.
    • Nice to know that being a night owl has its merits.
    • I was a night owl when I was 18, these days I'd rather be in bed at 1am than partying.
    • In the Blackwell's mansion, Toby was the night owl.
    • He adds, however, that he is not a night owl because he has to stay in training.
 
 

Definition of night owl in US English:

night owl

nounˈnaɪt ˌaʊl
informal
  • A person who is habitually active or wakeful at night.

    dedicated night owls may retire to the late bars
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He adds, however, that he is not a night owl because he has to stay in training.
    • I had a lovely conversation with his mother, my grandma Susie, on the phone today, and, thanks to the magic of instant messaging, just now wished my mum (who is a night owl like me) a happy mother's day.
    • I usually didn't wake up early enough for breakfast because I was a night owl and usually stayed up until around 4 in the morning and didn't wake up until noon.
    • I'm not a night owl,’ he commented, crawling into his sleep sack before falling asleep.
    • She's on the job, but she's something of a night owl and doesn't hit top gear until much later in the day.
    • ‘Because of the nature of my security business, I am a bit of a night owl and my company's name is Night Security so I combined the two to come up with the title for the new CD,’ he smiled.
    • I was a night owl when I was 18, these days I'd rather be in bed at 1am than partying.
    • The moon rules my sign, maybe this is why I'm a night owl.
    • The other dancers were deep in their own conversation, and, though normally a night owl, Amber found herself getting tired, and laid her head on Ronan's shoulder.
    • I'm a night owl, and pretty much useless in the mornings.
    • In the Blackwell's mansion, Toby was the night owl.
    • Then he added, ‘I know, it's weird, but I am a night owl.’
    • Sam's mother smiled and said, ‘If you weren't such a night owl, you might actually wake up without the help of coffee one morning.’
    • Thank goodness I'm a night owl, otherwise it probably would have taken twice as long to finish this chapter.
    • I'm a night owl and my husband's more of a lark, so I'll sometimes find myself alone with a glass of wine at midnight, too.
    • I'm a night owl, true, but it's getting pretty late.
    • There is also a worthwhile network of night buses, especially in the centre of London which for the night owl are both frequent and comprehensive enough to be of real value.
    • Nice to know that being a night owl has its merits.
    • He's a bit of a night owl, so ring after 10 p.m. and be sure to say that I told you to call.
    • But Prince already was a finicky eater, and he says, ‘I'm definitely not a night owl.’
 
 
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