midnight

英 [ˈmɪdnaɪt]

美 [ˈmɪdnaɪt]

n. 午夜; 子夜

复数：midnights　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3635 / COCA.3461

习惯用语

burn the midnight oil

do a moonlight/midnight flit

（通常为了躲债）夜间偷偷逃走
to leave a place suddenly and secretly at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to sb

noun

N-UNCOUNT 子夜;午夜;半夜
Midnightis twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
1. It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment...
  安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。
2. The entrance gates were locked at midnight.
  大门午夜时上锁。
ADJ 半夜的;午夜的;子夜的
Midnightis used to describe something which happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night.
1. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline...
  想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。
2. Well we did have a midnight feast, me and my sister.
  我和姐姐的确在半夜大吃了一顿。
PHRASE 开夜车;挑灯夜战;工作(或读书)至深夜
If someoneis burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
1. Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.
  克里斯为了写完文章挑灯夜战，现在已经睡着了。

noun

12 o'clock at night
1. young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight

It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment
安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。
If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house
如果他把闹钟设在午夜响，那会把全家人都吵醒的。
They planned for it till midnight.
为此他们一直筹划到深夜。
I hardly noticed the clock strike midnight.
我几乎没注意到钟已敲午夜12点了。
It was close upon midnight.
时近午夜。
It was past midnight
午夜已过。
The entrance gates were locked at midnight.
大门午夜时上锁。
At midnight he awoke and listened to the radio for a few minutes
他半夜醒来，听了一会儿收音机。
He drives himself on, working like the devil from seven in the morning until midnight
他不断敦促自己，从早上7点一直拼命工作到午夜。
Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight
客人尽可以喝着咖啡逗留到午夜左右。