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midnight

noun
 
🔊/ˈmɪdnaɪt/
🔊/ˈmɪdnaɪt/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1.  
     12 o’clock at night午夜；子夜
    • She heard the clock strike midnight.她听见钟敲子夜 12 点。🔊🔊
    • at midnight They had to leave at midnight.他们不得不半夜离开。🔊🔊
    • At/on the stroke of midnight fireworks lit up the sky.午夜时分，烟火照亮了天空。
    • We have to catch the midnight train.我们得乘半夜 12 点的火车。🔊🔊
    • Let’s have a midnight feast tonight (= a secret meal that children like to have in the middle of the night).让我们今晚吃午饭（这是孩子们喜欢在半夜里吃的秘密饭）。
    • They whiled away the midnight hours playing cards.他们放下午夜的扑克牌。
    Extra Examples
    • Downstairs in the hall, midnight struck.楼下大厅里响起了午夜的钟声。
    • It was approaching midnight when I finally reached home.临近午夜的时候，我终于到了家。
    • The law comes into effect on the stroke of midnight tomorrow.这条法律于明天午夜12点整生效。
    • The ship set sail shortly after midnight.船在午夜时分起航。
    • Let's go to a midnight movie.我们去看一部午夜电影。
    • Voting closes at midnight.投票于午夜关闭。
    Topics Timea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + midnight
    • chime
    • strike
    midnight + verb
    • strike
    • approach
    • come
    • …
    midnight + noun
    • feast
    • snack
    • black
    • …
    preposition
    • approaching midnight
    • around midnight
    • near midnight
    • …
    phrases
    • at the stroke of midnight
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  2. (especially North American English)
    (also midnight blue British and North American English)
    a very dark blue colour深蓝色
    3. Word OriginOld English midniht (see mid-, night).
Idioms
burn the midnight oil
  1. to study or work until late at night挑灯夜战；熬夜
do a (moonlight/midnight) flit
  1. (British English, informal) to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to somebody（通常为了躲债）夜间偷偷逃走