overnight
英 [??v?'na?t]
美 ['ov?na?t]
- 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(guò)一夜
助記提示
1. over "從頭至尾，全部，整個(gè)；在…期間" + night.
2. 引申義：相當(dāng)于中文成語(yǔ)“一夜成名”，由此表示：突然的，突然地，很快地，一下子。
3. 這里的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(yǔ)例句
- 1. There were two bomb explosions in the city overnight.
- 一夜之間城里發(fā)生了兩起炸彈爆炸事件。
來(lái)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(shuō)道，“誰(shuí)也沒(méi)說(shuō)過(guò)要過(guò)夜?！?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight.
- 流通領(lǐng)域的貨幣供應(yīng)量一夜驟減。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. An overnight stay at a friend's house disorients me.
- 在朋友家過(guò)夜讓我覺(jué)得暈暈乎乎的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The war began with overnight air raids on Baghdad and Kuwait.
- 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)以對(duì)巴格達(dá)和科威特的夜間空襲開(kāi)始。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句