| 词组 | midnights |
| 释义 | midnights noun the midnight shift, a work schedule beginning at midnight and ending at 8am US, 1994one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two afterSleep before midnight is more rejuvenating than sleep after midnight. The phrase encourages going to sleep at an early hour. No matter how often I tell my son that one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after, he still stays up too late playing video games. I've really noticed a difference in the quality of my sleep since I started going to bed earlier. It must be true that one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after! burn the midnight oilTo stay up late working on a project or task. The phrase refers to the outdated practice of using an oil lamp. Denise has been burning the midnight oil trying to finish this report, so she must be exhausted. I'll need to burn the midnight oil to have any chance of finishing this paper before class tomorrow morning. on the stroke of (some specific time)Exactly at a specific time, especially the very beginning of the hour. The store is opening its doors on the stroke of midnight for the Black Friday sale. If you're not home on the stroke of 11, you're grounded! one minute to midnight(At) the final moment before something happens or occurs. Tensions had been rising, with many assuming war was imminent, until a treaty was struck at one minute to midnight. Analysts are predicting that it is now one minute to midnight before another economic disaster. burn the midnight oilFig. to stay up working, especially studying, late at night. (Alludes to working by the light of an oil lamp late in the night.) I have a big exam tomorrow so I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight. If you burn the midnight oil night after night, you'll probably become ill. burn the midnight oilStay up late working or studying, as in The semester is almost over and we're all burning the midnight oil before exams. This expression alludes to the oil in oil lamps. [Early 1600s] burn the midnight oilIf you burn the midnight oil, you stay up very late at night in order to finish a piece of work. He's been burning the midnight oil getting his article written. The truth is, I haven't been sleeping all that much lately. Burning the midnight oil. Note: The image here is of someone working late into the night by the light of an oil lamp. burn the midnight oilread or work late into the night.one minute to midnightthe last moment or opportunity. informal 1998 New Scientist It's one minute to midnight for the discredited WHO. burn the midnight ˈoilwork or study until very late at night: Before my exams, I was burning the midnight oil every night.on/at the ˌstroke of ˈeight, ˈmidnight, etc.at exactly eight o’clock, midnight, etc: She gets to work at the stroke of nine every day.burn the midnight oil To work or study very late at night. burn the midnight oil, toTo stay up late, studying or working. This expression, which may well be as old as the first oil lamp, appeared in English in the mid-seventeenth century. It has been traced to a poem by Francis Quarles (“Emblems,” 1635): “Wee spend our midday sweat, or midnight oyle; wee tyre the night in thought; the day in toyle.” A more recent example is found in David Baldacci’s Hour Game (2004): “You don’t want to burn the midnight oil too much; it’s bad for your complexion.” |
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