| 词组 | small hours |
| 释义 | Idiom small hours (of the night) and wee hours (of the night) Theme: TIME the hours immediately after midnight.The dance went on into the small hours of the night.Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime. Idiom small hours the early hours of the morning.I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off that report. (often + of)She was born in the small hours of Saturday morning. the small hours (of the night/morning)The very early hours after midnight. I was studying for the exam until the small hours of the morning, and now I can barely keep my eyes open! We all danced until the small hours of the night. I love the small hours, when few are awake and one can be alone with one's thoughts. small hoursAlso, wee hours. The hours following midnight, as in I stayed up working through the small hours, or The parents didn't come home until the wee hours. The adjectives small and wee both refer to the low numbers of those hours (one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). [c. 1830] the ˈsmall/ˈearly hours(also the wee (small) ˈhours) the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight: He died in the early hours of Saturday morning.We stayed up talking into the small hours. |
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