Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #216
night
夜晚；夜间
the time when it is dark outside, between sunset and sunrise
也指法律或天文上定义的夜间时段
- 1.
The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- 2.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
夜晚
- 3.
The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- 4.
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
黑暗时期
- 5.
A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- 6.
the period spent sleeping
睡眠时间
- 7.
An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- 8.
A day, or at least a night.
- 9.
Nightfall.
- 10.
Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
- 11.
A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
睡眠时间；夜里睡觉的时间；（做某事的）夜晚；…之夜；一夜；一晚；入夜；夜幕降临；黑暗；夜色
In use
I work during the night and sleep during the day.
We stayed up all night talking about our plans.
The nights are getting longer as winter approaches.
I had a restless night
at night
表示在夜间时段，与白天对比。
She works at night.
她晚上工作。
during the night
强调在整个夜间期间发生的事。
It rained during the night.
夜间下了雨。
night after night
表示重复、连续多个夜晚。
Connections
Collocations
- at night
- 在夜间
- Bats are active at night.蝙蝠在夜间活动。
- late at night
- 深夜
- She often studies late at night.她经常深夜学习。
- night shift
- 夜班
- He works the night shift at the hospital.他在医院上夜班。
- night out
- 外出娱乐的夜晚
- We had a great night out in the city.我们在城里度过了一个愉快的夜晚。
- night sky
- 夜空
- The night sky was full of stars.夜空中繁星点点。
- nightfall
- 黄昏；夜幕降临
Learner notes
Memory Tip
night 拆解为 n（不）+ light（光），无光即夜晚。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 通常用于描述从日落到日出的黑暗时段，比较常见于日常对话和书面语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending with '-ight' typically rhyme when pronounced /aɪt/, such as light, bright, fight, might, right, sight. Beware of lookalikes like 'eight' and 'weight' (pronounced /eɪt/), which have a different vowel sound. Note that 'knight' is a homophone of 'night' but spelled differently.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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