midnight

英 ['mɪdnaɪt] 美 ['mɪdnaɪt]

• n. 午夜；漆黑

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]午夜

   the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 午夜
2. 子夜
3. 漆黑
4. 黑暗期
5. 夜半
6. 半夜
7. 夜间十二点

adj. 形容词

1. 半夜的
2. 漆黑的
3. 夜半的
4. 午夜的
5. 子夜的
6. 似黑夜的

英英释义

Noun:

1. 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night;

   "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The mail was sorted and pouched by midnight.
   邮件在午夜前分拣装包。
2. We finally got some shut-eye after midnight.
   午夜过後我们总算睡了一会儿。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I hardly noticed the clock strike midnight.
   我几乎没注意到钟已敲午夜12点了。
2. It's getting on to midnight.
   快到午夜了。
3. I know it's almost midnight, but we'd better press on and get the job finished.
   我知道现在快半夜了,但我们最好还是坚持干下去,把工作干完。
4. As midnight drew on, the party became more boisterous.
   随着午夜的临近,参加宴会的人变得更加喧闹。
5. The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow.
   法律于明日午夜生效。
6. A fire broke out in the lower story during the midnight and soon the whole building was in flames.
   午夜时分楼下着了火,不一会儿整个大楼都烧起来了。
7. He expired at midnight.
   他午夜死去。
8. The guard will be relieved at midnight.
   这卫兵要到午夜才换班。
9. The ship pulled in to the shore at midnight.
   那船半夜时靠岸。
10. He astonished us by taking a stroll at midnight.
    他在半夜里散步,使我们惊讶。
11. The policemen burst in on the thief's house at midnight.
    警察半夜突然冲进窃贼家中。
12. We stayed up until midnight talking about our work.
    我们谈论工作一直到深夜还没睡。
13. We talked until midnight and then separated.
    我们谈到午夜才分手。
14. He didn't get to the hotel until midnight.
    他半夜才到达旅馆。
15. Our teacher of English often goes over our homework till midnight.
    英语老师经常看我们的作业直到半夜。
16. They would work till midnight without feeding.
    他们常常工作到半夜,饭也顾不上吃。
17. The streets began to empty after midnight.
    午夜过后街上行人开始稀少了。
18. Her mother forbids her to stay out after midnight.
    她母亲不准她午夜不归。
19. The time is just after midnight and we are now closing down.
    时间刚过午夜,我们今日的各项广播节目到此已全部播送完毕。
20. The patient caught pneumonia and passed away shortly before midnight.
    那个病人感染了肺炎,在午夜前不久死了。
21. If we want to reach an agreement before midnight, we must now descend to the particulars; we've dealt with all the general points.
    如果想要在午夜前达成一项协议,我们现在必须开始讨论细节,几个大问题我们已经谈过了。

经典引文

• This is the midnightslet no star Delude ussdawn is very far.

  出自： R. Kipling

• A tragic breakdown of..standards, and the midnight of moral degeneration deepens.

  出自： M. L. King

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

burn the midnight oil

(学习或工作)开夜车 study or work to very late

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• burn the midnight oil (学习或工作)开夜车
• end one's midnight 结束午夜(的活动)
• spend midnight 度过午夜
• wear through midnight 挨过午夜

形容词+～

• all midnight (long) 整个午夜
• all the midnight 整个午夜
• any midnight 随便哪个午夜
• better midnight 美好的午夜
• big midnight 重要的午夜
• busy midnight 忙碌的午夜
• calm midnight 平静的午夜
• impenetrable midnight 漆黑一团的午夜
• pleasant midnight 愉快的午夜
• proper midnight 适当的午夜
• quiet midnight 平静的午夜
• regular midnight 平常的午夜
• sad midnight 悲痛的午夜
• sedentary midnight 万籁俱寂的午夜
• terrible midnight 可怕的午夜

介词+～

• about midnight 约在半夜时分
• after midnight 午夜过后
• at midnight 夜半
• before midnight 午夜之前
• by midnight 到午夜
• near midnight 接近午夜
• work until midnight 工作到半夜

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. midnight的基本意思是“午夜”,指午夜12点或12点前后的一段时间,是不可数名词。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 这婴儿总是在半夜哭闹。

   误 The baby always cries at the midnight.

   正 The baby always cries at midnight.

2. 刚过午夜,就下起雨来了。

   误 It came on to rain soon after the midnight.

   正 It came on to rain soon after midnight.

3. 倾盆大雨使我们午夜之前到家的希望破灭了。

   误 The heavy downpour killed our hope of getting home before the midnight.

   正 The heavy downpour killed our hope of getting home before midnight.

   析 表示“在半夜”,应该说at midnight, midnight前不加冠词; 在before midnight, after midnight中, midnight 前也都不加定冠词。类似的像at dawn (黎明), at noon(在中午)等都不可以加定冠词。

近反义词

【近义词】

• night 夜晚
• nocturnal 在夜间的
• night-time 夜间
• nightly 每夜的
• pitch-dark 漆黑的
• dark 黑暗的
• witching hour 午夜
• twelve o'clock 正前方
• nighttime 夜间
• o'clock （=of the clo...
• hour 小时
• evening 晚上
• witching 巫术
• dead 死的
• twelve 十二
• hush 肃静
• of 关于
• at 在

【反义词】

• midday 正午