midnight是什么意思？

midnight

英[ˈmɪdnaɪt] 美[ˈmɪdˌnaɪt]

• n. 子夜，午夜，漆黑，一段黑暗阴暗的时间，漏夜；

例句

• 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。
• The ship pulled in to the shore at midnight. 那船半夜时靠岸。
• The patient caught pneumonia and went out shortly before midnight. 那个病人感染了肺炎, 在午夜前不久去世了。
• The new man doesn't come on till midnight. 新来的人午夜时分才上班。
• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight. 选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• The transportation took off with its cargo at midnight. 运输机载着货物深夜起飞了。
• The children had a midnight feast in their tents. 孩子们半夜在帐篷里饱餐了一顿。
• The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow. 新法律将于明日午夜生效。
• He looked at the moon and made the time to be midnight. 他看了看月亮, 估计时间是半夜了。
• It was going on for midnight by the time we left. 我们离开时已近午夜。

同义词

• adj.
  midnight的同义词之：夜的,夜晚的
  nightly, night-time, night, nocturnal,
  midnight的同义词之：黑暗的
  pitch-dark, dark,
• n.
  midnight的同义词之：晚上十二点钟,午夜
  o'clock, hour, evening, witching, dead, twelve, hush, night, of, at,

反义词

• n.
  midnight的反义词之：午夜;子夜
  midday,
• midnight的反义词之：其他释义
  midday, noon,

英语四级真题

It's still light in the midnight.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun
出自-2011年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
It's still light in the midnight.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun
出自-2011年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  子夜;午夜;半夜
  Midnight is twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
  例句
  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。 The entrance gates were locked at midnight. 大门午夜时上锁。
• ADJ
  半夜的;午夜的;子夜的
  Midnight is used to describe something which happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night.
  例句
  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。 Well we did have a midnight feast, me and my sister. 我和姐姐的确在半夜大吃了一顿。
• PHRASE
  开夜车;挑灯夜战;工作(或读书)至深夜
  If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
  例句
  Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article. 克里斯为了写完文章挑灯夜战，现在已经睡着了。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  午夜；子夜
  The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow. 新法律将于明日午夜生效。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night;
  "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"