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January 10 fE 1 M 10 0 B&± o Did you hear the storm
last night? BfcAftMTAM, o
Ilay
awake
all night. — ft
& IS H 0 o Where did you spend the night? fAJl:A®PMMftE)'J ? 0 You’re welcome to stay
the night here. 3A iffl ft M [§ ?i <, 0 What is he doing
calling at this time of
night?
0 You’ll feel better
after you’ve had a good night’s sleep.
it ~ iT„ O The trip was for ten
nights. & & M fr 1H± + 't- f#Lt o O The hotel costs €65 per person per
night. 65 gfcAo
0 the night
train/boat/flight ft|H]#Jft /
$&J|& / MUiA o Night fell (= it became dark). ft M P7 lira „ 2 the
evening until you go to bed
lift t, ftift ( ftS$itt#jftJ
—
Wl 0'l l'nj ) : Let’s go out on Saturday night. fSUll^ffl
A Bft ± fch’A o 0 Bill’s parents came for dinner last
night. o She doesn’t
like to walk home late at
night. M
A IMA ^ ft 7r 0
o I saw her in town the
other night (= a few nights ago). 0
I’m
working late
tomorrow night. BJ 0ft JH X jfe MM ift 0 — see
also goodnight 3 an evening when a
special event happens ( ^ 7f IS ♦ W ) ft Bft ; -"Z ft : the first/ opening
night
(= of a play, film/movie, etc.) g& / |r<f^ £ ft o a karaoke night ft OK ;£ ft o an Irish/ a Scottish,
etc. night
(= with Irish/Scottish music, entertainment, etc.) — ft A » ft ft ft 5ft M 0ft ft
—
see also stag night ► nights adv. (especially NAmE) :
He
can’t
get used to working nights (= at night). itkftlis
i£j£Z±ft#Eo nnn have an early/a late
night to
go to bed earlier or later than usual tb ft N" B§ # -¥• / Bft : I’ve had a lot o/ late nights recently. M. ifi 'fit # SM# ^UBfto have a good/bad night to sleep well/badly
during the night / M%$ have a night on
the tiles (BrE, informal) to stay out late
enjoying yourself ^ft^F^ft ,night and day | ,day and night all the time;
continuously 0 0 ftft; ftl0 ;
The machines are kept running night and day. #Lff ft0 night 'night used by children or to
children, to mean ‘Good night’ (
a ) Bft£: ‘Night night, sleep
tight!’
;§£, ”
a
night'out an
evening that you
spend enjoying yourself away
from home ftAhStftEftft Bft: They enjoy a night out occasionally, ftkft] f$ ft & A H ± o — more at all right adj., dance v.,
DEAD n., MORNING, SPEND V.,
STILL adj., THING night-cap /‘naitkaep/ noun 1 a drink, usually containing
alcohol, taken before going to bed BifttjtAI4;
( 1$ie ) ft'® 2 (in the past) a soft cap worn in bed (
|B
fhm > mm
night-clothes /‘naitklaubz; NAmE -klou&z/ noun [pi.] clothes that you
wear in bed B§ A night-club /'naitklAb/ noun a place that is open
late in the evening where people can go to dance, drink, etc.
ft&ft
'night
depository noun
(US)night safe night-dress /'naitdres/ (BrE) (NAmE or old-fashioned night-gown /’naitgaun/) (also informal nightie /'naiti/ BrE, NAmE) noun a long loose piece of
clothing like a thin dress, worn by a woman or girl in bed ft; ABi A; BiM — picture o page R22
'night duty noun [U] work that people
have to do at night, for example in a hospital ft Sf; ft ^ : to be on night duty {tftE
night fall /'naitforl/ noun [u] (formal or literary) the time in the evening
when it becomes dark Jf H; ft Bft H771 DUSK
night-gown /'naitgaun/ noun (NAmE or old-fashioned) = NIGHTDRESS
nightie /'naiti/ noun (informal) = nightdress night-in-gale /'naitirjgeil/ noun a small brown bird, the
male of which has a beautiful song ftlg night-jar /’naitd3a:(r)/ noun a brown bird with a
long tail and a rough un
night-life /'naitlaif/ noun tu] entertainment that is
available in the evening and at night ft^tg 'night light noun a light or candle that is left on at night ftMW ( ) ; ft*T
'night-long adj. [only before noun] lasting
all night iiftf
tfj; ^ftjtf?
night ly /'naitli/ adj. happening every night ^ft^J; M Bft®: a nightly news
bulletin Bft ® fr EJ IH► night ly adv.
night-mare /'naitmea(r);
NAmE -mer/ noun 1 a dream that is very
frightening or unpleasant ffi ^; jfrM: He still has nightmares about the
accident.
$ o 2 ~ (for sb) an experience that is very frightening and
unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with n7'tel$£505; The trip turned
into a nightmare when they
both got sick. $L T
—
MII ^, ftk ill ® IP 7 0 0 (informal) Nobody knows what’s
going on—it’s a nightmare! /M
^!
o (informal) Filling in all those forms was a
nightmare. Tj J 5P A i 7j A , A X pj 7o 0 Losing a child is most
people’s worst nightmare. tx*M, oifit
goes ahead, it will be the
nightmare scenario (= the worst thing that
could happen).
||I7o
0 a
nightmare situation ► night-
mar-ish /'naitmearij;
NAmE
-mer-/ adj. : nightmarish living conditions
'night owl noun (informal) a person who enjoys
staying
up late at night i^fcft&fjA; ft?ffi4F
'night
safe (BrE) (US ‘night depository) noun a safe in the outside wall of a bank
where money, etc. can be left when the bank is closed ft |tij ft, ft |h] Pi
'night school noun [U, C] (old-fashioned) classes for adults, held
in the evening ( $ A ) ft ft night-shirt /‘naitj3:t; NAmE -J3irt/ noun a long loose shirt worn
in bed BS A
night-spot /'naitspnt;
NAmE -spait/ noun (informal) a place people go to for
entertainment at night ft$,^;
ftlBj^^^^T EDd NIGHTCLUB
night-stand /'naitstaend/ (also 'night table) (both NAmE) noun = bedside table night-stick /‘naitstik/ noun (NAmE) - truncheon 'night-time noun [U] the time when it is
dark fti'i]; H ft; ft : This area can be very noisy at
night-time. &
night-watch-man /nait'wntjman; NAmE -'waitf-; -'woitj-/ noun (pi. -men /-man/) a man whose job
is to guard a building such as a factory at night TpftA night-wear /'naitwea(r); NAmE -wer/ noun [U] a word used by
shops/stores for clothes that are worn in bed j ) BiA
ni hil ism /'nanlizam/ noun [U] (philosophy 1f) the belief that
nothing has any value, especially that religious and moral principles have no
value ► ni-hil-is-
tic /.nan'listik/
adj.: Her latest play is a
nihilistic vision of the world of the future. M t'i] ft\J A S'] A ft A A ttt
ni hil ist /'nanlist/ noun a
person who believes in nihilism & AAA#
the Nikkei index /'nikei indeks/ (also the 'Nikkei average) noun [sing.] a figure that
shows the relative price of shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 0 & ( M
*7) mu o
nil /ml/ noun [U] 1 (especially BrE) the number 0, especially
as the score in some games ( Wt 54 ) ^; (
# W
) Oft BCE] zero: Newcastle beat
2 nothing ft; The doctors rated her
chances as nil (= there were no chances). K4iA A M ft %M 7 0. rr nim /mm/ noun [U] a game in which
players take turns to take objects out of a number of piles, each trying to
take the last object or trying to make another person take the last object $ ( M £ # /JO # /A A it tl bp ^
nim-ble /'nimbi/
adj. (nim-bler /'mmbla(r)/, nim-blest /’nnnblist/) 1 able to
move quickly and easily M