overnight
英 [əʊvə'naɪt]
美 ['ovənaɪt]
- adv. 通宵；突然；昨晚
- adj. 晚上的；通宵的；前夜的
- n. 頭天晚上；一夜的逗留
- vt. 連夜快遞
- vi. 過一夜
助記提示
1. over "從頭至尾，全部，整個；在…期間" + night.
2. 引申義：相當於中文成語“一夜成名”，由此表示：突然的，突然地，很快地，一下子。
3. 這裏的over著重指：在…期間。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. There were two bomb explosions in the city overnight.
- 一夜之間城裏發生了兩起炸彈爆炸事件。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight."
- “該死的，等一下”，明迪憤憤地說道，“誰也沒說過要過夜。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight.
- 流通領域的貨幣供應量一夜驟減。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. An overnight stay at a friend's house disorients me.
- 在朋友家過夜讓我覺得暈暈乎乎的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The war began with overnight air raids on Baghdad and Kuwait.
- 戰爭以對巴格達和科威特的夜間空襲開始。
來自柯林斯例句