单词 | night duty |
释义 | night /nīt/noun
ORIGIN: OE niht; Ger Nacht, L nox, Gr nyx nightˈed adjective
nightie noun see nighty below nightˈless adjective Having no night nightˈlong adjective and adverb Lasting all night nightˈly adjective
nights adverb (orig genitive of n; informal) At or by night nightˈward adjective Occurring towards night nightˈy or nightˈie noun (informal) A nightgown night air noun
nightˈ-ape noun A bushbaby nightˈ-attire noun Garments worn in bed nightˈ-bell noun A doorbell for use at night, esp at a hotel nightˈbird noun
nightˈ-blind adjective nightˈ-blindness noun Inability to see in a dim light, nyctalopia night-blooming cereus noun A cereus with flowers that open at night nightˈ-brawler noun A person who causes disturbances in the night nightˈcap noun
nightˈ-cart noun (historical) A cart used to remove the contents of outside lavatories before daylight nightˈ-cellar noun (archaic) A disreputable resort or tavern, open at night nightˈ-chair noun A night-stool nightˈ-churr noun The nightjar, so called from its cry nightˈclass noun A class at night school nightˈclothes plural noun Garments worn in bed nightˈ-cloud noun Stratus nightˈclub noun A club for drinking, dancing, etc, open between evening and morning nightˈclubber noun nightˈclubbing noun night crawler noun A large earthworm which comes to the surface at night, used as bait for fishing nightˈ-crow noun (Shakespeare) An undefined bird of ill omen that cries in the night nightˈ-dog noun (Shakespeare) A dog that hunts in the night nightˈdress noun
night duty noun Work or duty done at night nightˈfall noun
nightˈfaring adjective Travelling by night night fighter noun A fighter plane equipped for interception at night nightˈfire noun
nightˈ-fishˈery noun A mode or place of fishing by night nightˈ-flower noun A flower that opens by night nightˈ-flowˈering adjective nightˈ-fly noun A moth or fly that is active at night nightˈ-flyˈing adjective Flying by night (also noun) nightˈ-foe noun Someone who attacks by night nightˈ-fossˈicker noun (Aust) Someone who rummages around at night for gold, etc in a mine or other working nightˈ-founˈdered adjective (Milton) Lost in the night nightˈ-fowl noun A night-bird nightˈgear noun Nightclothes nightˈ-glass noun A small hand-held telescope with concentrating lenses for use at night nightˈgown noun
nightˈ-hag noun A witch supposed to be about at night nightˈhawk noun
night heron noun A heron of nocturnal habit, of various kinds nightˈ-house noun (obsolete) A tavern open during the night nightˈ-hunter noun Someone who hunts, poaches or prowls about the streets for prey by night nightˈjar noun Any European nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, related to the swift family night latch noun A door-lock worked by a key from outside and a knob from inside night letter noun (N American) Formerly, a telegram sent overnight, and so at a cheaper rate nightˈlife noun Activity in the form of entertainments at night nightˈ-light noun
nightˈ-line noun A fishing-line set overnight nightˈ-man noun A night-watchman, night-worker or scavenger by night nightˈmare noun
nightˈmarish or (rare) nightˈmary adjective nightˈmarishly adverb nightˈmarishness noun night nurse noun A nurse on duty during the night night out noun
night owl noun
nightˈ-palˈsy noun (archaic) A numbness of the legs occurring on waking in the morning and passing off quickly nightˈpiece noun
night-porˈter noun A porter in attendance during the night nightˈ-rail noun (historical) A loose wrap or dressing-jacket nightˈ-ravˈen noun (Shakespeare) A bird that cries at night, supposed to be of ill omen nightˈ-rest noun The repose of the night nightˈrider noun (US)
nightˈ-robe noun
nightˈ-rule noun (Shakespeare) A revel at night night safe noun A safe in the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money when the bank is closed night school noun Classes held at night for people who have left school, esp for those at work during the day night-seaˈson noun The night-time night shift noun
nightˈshirt noun A shirt for sleeping in nightˈ-shriek noun A cry in the night nightˈside noun The dark, mysterious or gloomy side of anything nightˈ-sight noun
nightˈ-soil noun The contents of outside lavatories, cesspools, etc generally carried away at night and sometimes used for fertilizer nightˈ-spell noun A charm against harm by night nightˈspot noun (informal) A nightclub nightˈstand noun A bedside table night starvation noun Hunger pangs experienced in the middle of the night nightˈ-steed noun (mythology) One of the horses in the chariot of Night nightˈstick noun (N American) A truncheon nightˈ-stool noun A close-stool (qv under close1) for use in a bedroom night table noun (N American) A bedside table nightˈ-taˈper noun A night-light burning slowly night terror or night terrors noun The sudden starting from sleep in fright nightˈ-tide noun
nightˈ-time noun The time when it is night nightˈ-trippˈing adjective (Shakespeare) Tripping about in the night night vision noun The ability to see in the dark nightˈ-wakˈing adjective Remaining awake in the night nightˈ-walk noun A walk in the night nightˈ-walkˈer noun (archaic)
nightˈ-warˈbling adjective Singing in the night nightˈ-watch noun
nightˈ-watchˈman noun
nightˈwear noun Clothes worn at bedtime and while sleeping nightˈ-work noun Work done at night nightˈ-worker noun make a night of it To spend the night, or a large part of it, in amusement or celebration night-night (informal or childish) Goodnight of a night or of nights
something of the night A suggestion of evil or menace |
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