overnight
英 [əʊvə'naɪt]
美 ['ovənaɪt]
- adv. 通宵；突然；昨晚
- adj. 晚上的；通宵的；前夜的
- n. 头天晚上；一夜的逗留
- vt. 连夜快递
- vi. 过一夜
助记提示
1. over "从头至尾，全部，整个；在…期间" + night.
2. 引申义：相当于中文成语“一夜成名”，由此表示：突然的，突然地，很快地，一下子。
3. 这里的over着重指：在…期间。
英文词源
- overnight (adv.)
- early 14c., from over- + night (n.). Originally "on the preceding evening;" sense of "during the night" is attested from 1530s. Meaning "in the course of a single night, hence seemingly instantaneously" is attested from 1939.
双语例句
- 1. There were two bomb explosions in the city overnight.
- 一夜之间城里发生了两起炸弹爆炸事件。
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- 2. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight."
- “该死的，等一下”，明迪愤愤地说道，“谁也没说过要过夜。”
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- 3. The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight.
- 流通领域的货币供应量一夜骤减。
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- 4. An overnight stay at a friend's house disorients me.
- 在朋友家过夜让我觉得晕晕乎乎的。
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- 5. The war began with overnight air raids on Baghdad and Kuwait.
- 战争以对巴格达和科威特的夜间空袭开始。
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