nights

英 [naɪts]

美 [naɪts]

n.  夜; 夜晚; 晚上，夜晚(夜里就寝前的一段时间); (举行盛事的)夜晚; …之夜
night的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 夜间;夜晚
  Thenightis the part of each day when the sun has set and it is dark outside, especially the time when people are sleeping.
  1. He didn't sleep a wink all night...
     他一夜没合眼。
  2. The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night...
     战斗在傍晚时分打响，持续了一夜。
  3. Our reporter spent the night crossing the border from Austria into Slovenia...
     我们的记者用了一夜时间，穿过奥地利边境进入斯洛文尼亚。
  4. Finally night fell.
     夜幕终于降临了。
• N-COUNT 晚间，晚上(尤指睡觉前放松的时间)
  Thenightis the period of time between the end of the afternoon and the time that you go to bed, especially the time when you relax before going to bed.
  1. So whose party was it last night?...
     那么，昨晚的聚会是谁办的？
  2. Demiris took Catherine to dinner the following night.
     第二天晚上，德米里斯请凯瑟琳共进晚餐。
• N-COUNT (演出等的)夜场，夜间活动，…之夜
  A particularnightis a particular evening when a special event takes place, such as a show or a play.
  1. The first night crowd packed the building.
     第一个夜场演出爆满。
  2. ...election night.
     选举之夜
• PHRASE 晚间;晚上
  If it is a particular timeat night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight.
  1. It's eleven o'clock at night in Moscow...
     现在是莫斯科晚间11点。
  2. He works obsessively from 7.15 am to 9 or 10 at night.
     他工作极为投入，会从早上七点一刻一直干到晚上九十点。
• PHRASE 在晚间;在夜里
  If something happensat night, it happens regularly during the evening or night.
  1. He was going to college at night, in order to become an accountant...
     为了成为会计师，他上夜校学习。
  2. The veranda was equipped with heavy wooden rain doors that were kept closed at night.
     阳台装有厚重的木制防雨门，夜里是关着的。
• PHRASE 昼夜不断;夜以继日
  If something happensday and nightornight and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
  1. Dozens of doctors and nurses have been working day and night for weeks...
     很多医生和护士已经夜以继日地工作数周了。
  2. He was at my door night and day, demanding my attention.
     他日日夜夜呆在我门口，想引起我的注意。
• PHRASE 睡得早/睡得晚
  If you havean early night, you go to bed early. If you havea late night, you go to bed late.
  1. I've had a hell of a day, and all I want is an early night...
     这一天糟透了，我就想早点上床睡觉。
  2. In spite of the travelling and the late night, she did not feel tired.
     尽管旅途劳顿，而且睡得很晚，她并没觉得累。
• morning, noon and night→ see:morning

双语例句

• The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
  船员在救生筏上呆了两天两夜。
• They're in the boozer most nights.
  他们大多数晚上都在酒馆里呆着。
• My interests: eating out, fun nights in, music and laughter.
  我的爱好是：到外面上馆子，晚上在家娱乐，听音乐，寻乐子。
• She spends her nights lying in bed, replaying the fire in her mind.
  她好多个晚上躺在床上，不断想起火灾场面。
• On those nights when they could find no monastery or inn to take them in, they bedded down in the fields.
  那几天晚上，他们找不到可以投宿的修道院和客栈，只好露宿野外。
• She watched beside her sick mother's bed for several nights.
  她在她母亲的病榻旁守了好几夜。
• For three days and nights they watched by her bed waiting for her to come round.
  他们在她床边守了3天3夜，等待她苏醒过来。
• They battled the flood for seven days and nights.
  他们与洪水战斗了七昼夜。
• Fridays and Saturdays are regular disco nights.
  周五和周六是固定的迪斯科之夜。
• In summer the days are long and the nights short.
  夏天天长夜短。