tonight

英 [tə'naɪt] 美 [tə'naɪt]

• adv. 今晚
• n. 今晚

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]今晚

   the night of today

adv. (副词)

1. (在)今晚

   on or during the night of today

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 在今晚
2. 在今夜

n. 名词

1. 今晚
2. 今夜

英英释义

Noun:

1. the present or immediately coming night

Adverb:

1. during the night of the present day;

   "drop by tonight"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. The band is really in the groove tonight.
   乐队今晚演奏得精彩极了。
2. We have a leg of mutton for dinner tonight.
   我们今晚有只羊腿作晚餐。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The theme for tonight's talk is education.
   今天谈话的题目是教育。
2. We have a leg of mutton for dinner tonight.
   我们今晚有只羊腿作晚餐。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Tonight is the play's first night.
   今天晚上是这出戏的首场演出。
2. Listen to tonight's news on the radio.
   注意收听今晚的新闻广播。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. Taxis seem very thin on the ground tonight—we will have to walk.
   今晚出租车似乎非常稀少,我们得步行了。
2. Don't let on to Doris that we are going to the movies tonight, we don't want her to know.
   我们今晚去看电影的事别告诉桃丽丝,我们不想让她知道。
3. We need a baby-sitter tonight, because we are eating out.
   我们今晚需要一个看孩子的,因为我们要到外边吃饭。
4. It looks as though it may blow up a gale tonight.
   看来今晚可能要刮大风。
5. It looks like we have to stay up late tonight.
   看来今晚我们得熬夜了。
6. I hope to sleep better tonight.
   我希望今夜睡个好觉。
7. I'm staying home tonight to attend on my father.
   今晚我要留在家里照顾父亲。
8. Susan is ill. Can you fill in for her tonight?
   苏珊病了,你今晚替她一下好吗?

经典引文

• Will you have dinner with me to-night?

  出自： G. Greene

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+名词

• tonight's TV news 今晚的电视新闻
• tonight's weather forecast 今天晚上的天气预报

介词+～

• after tonight 今晚以后

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. tonight用作名词的意思是“今晚”,是不可数名词,其前面不加冠词,可用所有格形式作定语。

adv. (副词)

1. tonight的意思是“(在)今夜”“(在)今晚”,可指全夜,也可指就寝以前的一段时间,可用作副词,在句中作状语,常用于句末。
2. tonight无比较级和最高级形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的toniht，意为在今天晚上。

近反义词

【近义词】

• this night 今天晚上
• this evening 今天晚上