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Attested 7221.Overnight 英 əʊvə'Naɪt]美 Ovənaɪt 释义 Adv 通宵;突然;昨晚adj

正面 7221.overnight
英 [əʊvə'naɪt]美 ['ovənaɪt]

背面
释义:
adv. 通宵;突然;昨晚adj. 晚上的;通宵的;前夜的n. 头天晚上;一夜的逗留vt. 连夜快递vi. 过一夜
例句:
1. There were two bomb explosions in the city overnight.一夜之间城里发生了两起炸弹爆炸事件。

1. over "从头至尾,全部,整个;在…期间" + night.2. 引申义:相当于中文成语“一夜成名”,由此表示:突然的,突然地,很快地,一下子。3. 这里的over着重指:在…期间。

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."

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