midnight 详细解释

midnight

['midnait]

n. 午夜, 漆黑

n.[C]

1. 半夜十二点钟; 午夜; 子夜

A train was leaving at midnight for New Orleans.

有一班火车将于夜间十二点开往新奥尔良。

2. 漆黑

3. 黑暗期

a.

1. 半夜的

2. 漆黑的

词义辨析

同义:

n.晚上十二点钟, 午夜

hush of evening  witching hour  twelve at night  twelve o'clock  dead of night

a.夜的, 夜晚的

nocturnal  night  night-time  nightly

a.黑暗的

dark  pitch-dark  

反义:

n.午夜; 子夜

midday  

反义参见:

noon  

英英释义

名词 midnight:

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

补充

midnightmidnight英:[ˈmidnait] 美:[ˈmɪdˌnaɪt]n.1.午夜The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow.新法律将于明日午夜生效。

例句

1. It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment.安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。 2. The entrance gates were locked at midnight.大门在夜里12点钟上锁。 3. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。 4. I'm taking the midnight train south.我准备坐午夜的火车南下。 5. I left at midnight.我是半夜12点离开的。 6. [as modifier]a midnight deadline.午夜12点的最后期限。 7. the midnight hours.午夜时分。 8. The clock struck midnight.钟敲晚上十二点。 9. Her parents wanted her home before midnight.她的父母要求她在午夜之前回家。 10. The clock struck midnight.夜12点的钟声敲响了。 11. It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.我们到家时正好半夜12点。 12. a midnight snack夜宵 13. at the midnight hour [=at midnight]在午夜