night /naɪt/► SEE ALLhave an early/a late nighthave a good/bad nightmake a night of itnight and dayday and nightnight nighta night outa night owl(in) the dead of (the) nightat dead of nightmorning, noon and nightit’ll be all right on the nightbe (like) ships that pass in the nightspend the night with sb/togetherstay the nightthe still of the nightlike a thief in the nightthings that go bump in the night(out) on the town ●have an early/a late ˈnightgo to bed earlier or later than usual（比平时）睡得早／晚◆I’d better have an early night if I want to get up at 6 o’clock. 如果我明天要 6 点钟起床，今晚得早点睡。◆I’ve had a lot of late nights recently. 最近我常常睡得很晚。●have a good/bad ˈnightsleep well/badly during the night夜里睡得很好／不好◆He was very tired after his bad night, and wanted very much to take the day off work. 他夜里睡得不好，疲惫不堪，很想请假休息一天。●make a ˈnight of it (informal) decide to spend the whole evening doing sth enjoyable痛快地玩一通宵◆They met some old friends in the pub after work and decided to make a night of it by going to a restaurant and then on to a nightclub. 下班后他们在酒吧里遇到了老朋友，于是决定痛快地玩一晚上，先去饭店吃饭，然后去夜总会。●ˌnight and ˈday●ˌday and ˈnightall the time; without stopping夜以继日；日日夜夜；连续不断◆She worked night and day on the report until it was finished. 她夜以继日地写报告，直到完成为止。●night ˈnightused by children or to children, to mean ‘Good night’（儿语）晚安◆‘Night night, sleep tight!’ “晚安，睡个好觉！”●a night ˈoutan evening that you spend enjoying yourself away from home在外玩乐的一晚◆They enjoy a night out occasionally. 他们偶尔出去玩一个晚上。●a ˈnight owl (informal) somebody who feels more lively at night and usually goes to bed very late夜猫子◆She’s a night owl and has always done her best work after midnight. 她是个夜猫子，往往半夜后工作效率最高。●(in) the ˌdead of (the) ˈnight●at ˌdead of ˈnightin the quietest, darkest hours of the night夜深人静时；夜晚万籁俱寂时◆She crept in at dead of night, while they were asleep.深夜在他们熟睡时，她悄悄溜了进去。OPPin broad daylight●morning, noon and ˈnightat all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that sth happens very often or that it happens continuously)（用于强调）从早到晚，一天到晚◆When Sally was a baby she used to cry morning, noon and night.小时候，萨莉一天到晚哭个不停。●it’ll be all ˌright on the ˈnight (saying) used to say that a performance, an event, etc. will be successful even if the preparations for it have not gone well（活动、演出等）到时候自会成功的●be (like) ˌships that ˌpass in the ˈnight (informal) (of people人) meet for a short time, by chance, and perhaps for the only time in your lives邂逅相遇，萍水相逢（以后不再相遇）◆We met on a course in Spain and had a wonderful time together. But we both knew that we were just ships that pass in the night.我们在西班牙的旅途中相遇，共度了一段美好的时光。不过我们都知道我们就像夜晚里驶过的两条船，只是短暂地擦身而过。ORIGINThis is from a poem by Longfellow: ‘Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,…’.这个习语源于朗费罗的一首诗：“舟行于夜，擦身而别…”。●spend the ˈnight with sb/togetherstay with sb for a night and have sex with them与某人一起过夜（并发生性关系）◆James told me Kim and Robin spent the night together.詹姆斯告诉我金和罗宾一起过夜了。●stay the ˈnight (especially BrE) sleep at sb’s house for one night（在某人家里）过夜◆You can always stay the night at our house.你随时都可以住在我们家。●the still of the ˈnight (literary) the time during the night when it is silent and calm夜晚万籁俱寂的时候●like a ˌthief in the ˈnightsecretly or unexpectedly悄悄地；出乎意料地；偷偷摸摸地◆In the end I left like a thief in the night, without telling anybody or saying goodbye.后来我悄悄地离开了，谁也没告诉，也没跟谁道别。●ˌthings that go ˌbump in the ˈnight (informal, humorous) strange or frightening noises, or things that cannot be explained by science稀奇古怪的声音（或事情等）；不能用科学解释的现象◆I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits, or things that go bump in the night.我不相信鬼怪或者什么灵异事件。●(out) on the ˈtown ( a night (out) on the ˈtown/on the ˈtiles) (informal) visiting restaurants, clubs, theatres, etc. for entertainment, especially at night（尤指晚上）去娱乐场所消遣◆For a birthday treat they took him out on the town.为了庆祝他的生日，他们请他去娱乐场所玩。◆The students went for a night on the tiles after the last exam.最后一门考试结束以后，学生们晚上出去消遣庆祝。
