喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈmɪdnaɪt/午夜 / 半夜十二點

    Twelve o'clock at night, the exact middle of the night.

    示範例句 · Example

    The train is due to arrive at midnight.

    逐字火車預定在午夜抵達。

    midnight 是晚上十二點整，也就是一天結束、新一天開始的那一刻。可以想成 mid（中間）+ night（夜晚）合起來，就是『夜的正中間』。要記 at midnight（在午夜），介系詞用 at；跟它相對的是 noon / midday（中午十二點）。

    常見搭配

    • at midnight

      在午夜

      at twelve o'clock at night

      The show ends at midnight.

    • after midnight

      午夜之後

      later than twelve o'clock at night

      We got home after midnight.

    • past midnight

      午夜過後

      later than twelve o'clock at night

      It was well past midnight.

    • the stroke of midnight

      午夜鐘聲響起那一刻

      the exact moment of twelve o'clock at night

      The fireworks began at the stroke of midnight.

    • a midnight feast

      半夜偷吃的大餐

      a secret meal eaten late at night, often for fun

      The kids planned a midnight feast at the sleepover.

    意思相近

    twelve o'clock

    意思相反

    noonmidday

core核心畫面

Picture the clock hands both pointing straight up in the dark. It is the middle of the night, and it is also the seam where one day ends and the next begins — which is why so many rules and deadlines are set exactly there.

可以想成：黑夜裡，時鐘的兩根針一起直直指向上面。那是夜晚的正中間，同時也是一天結束、下一天開始的接縫——所以很多規定和截止時間都剛好定在這一刻。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

意思相近

twelve o'clock

意思相反

noonmidday

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

midnightnoun/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/

  • 1

    The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

    • Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.
    • And he [Jesus] ſayde vnto thẽ [them]: which of you ſhall have a frende and ſhall goo to hym att mydnyght⸝ and ſaye vnto hym: frende lende me foure loves for a frende of myne is come out off the waye to me⸝ and I have nothynge to ſett before hĩ [him]⸝ And he within ſhall andſwer and ſaye: Trouble me nott⸝ nowe is the doore ſhett⸝ and my ſervaunttꝭ [servaunttis, i.e., servants] are with me in the chamber⸝ I cannot ryſe and geve thẽ to the [them to thee]. I ſaye vnto you: though he woll not aryſe and geve hym⸝ becauſe he is his frende: Yet becauſe of hys importunitie he woll ryſe and geve him as many as he nedeth.
  • 2

    Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

    • She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
    • The police report said that officers, who told CNN they are not currently pursuing criminal charges, arrived to the scene just after midnight and found Gillum and a second person, Aldo Mejias, in the hotel room.
  • 3

    dicegamesSynonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

midnightadj/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/

  • 1

    Utterly dark or black.

    • Free and falling, his midnight hair flowed out all around us like a silk canopy.

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