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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. 午夜钟声敲响时，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). 今晚让我们吃一顿午夜大餐。 They whiled away the midnight hours playing cards. 他们打牌消磨午夜时光。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1Downstairs 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. 我们去看午夜电影吧。 Voting closes at midnight. 投票在午夜结束。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + midnight- chime
- strike
- strike
- approach
- come
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- feast
- snack
- black
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- approaching midnight
- around midnight
- near midnight
- …
- at the stroke of midnight
- (especially North American English) (also midnight blue British and North American English)
a very dark blue colour 深蓝色
Word OriginOld English midniht (see mid-, night).
Idioms
burn the midnight oil
to study or work until late at night 挑灯夜战；熬夜
do a (moonlight/midnight) flit
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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