midnight

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n. 午夜, 子夜, 半夜 a. 午夜的, 半夜的

发音

/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/
UK /ˈmɪd̚naɪt/
UK /ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt/
其它 /ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt/
UK /ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt/
其它 /ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt/
US /ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt/
CA /ˈmɪ̞d̚nəjt/
AU /ˈmɪ̝d̚(ˌ)nɑɪt/

词形变化

midnights 复数 midnights

别名

mdnt mdnt. midnite

教材释义与例句

名词

午夜，半夜12点钟

12 o'clock at night

形容词

半夜的；漆黑的

Midnight is used to describe something that happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

    三更

    夜半

    夜半三更

    三更半夜

    黑更半夜

    半夜三更

    半夜

    星光半夜

    三更半暝

    可数 不可数

    Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.

  2. 2.

    Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

    半夜

    子夜

    午夜

    半暝

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

    可数 不可数 游戏
adj.
  1. 1.

    Utterly dark or black.

    诗歌

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

hour time of day

整体词 3

night dark nighttime

相关短语

midnight blue n. 深蓝, 深蓝色 midnight sun n. 夜半太阳（夏季在南极或北极能见到） midnight chow midnight movie midnight movies midnight feast midnight feasts midnight regulation midnight blues midnight suns midnight oil midnight mass midnight masses midnight regulations midnight horror

词源

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).

来源：wiktionary