nocturnal
nocturnal 英 [nɒkˈtɜ:nl] 美 [nɑkˈtɜrnl]
adj. 夜的；夜间的
名词复数:nocturnals
- If something is nocturnal, it belongs to or is active at night. That includes vampires, owls that like to hunt by moonlight, and that roommate who stays up playing video games until the wee hours of the morning.
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- adj. 夜的；夜间的
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1. a nocturnal visit
夜访
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2. An owl is a nocturnal bird.
猫头鹰是夜间活动的鸟
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3. Humans are generally not nocturnal by nature.
人类通常不是天生的夜行性动物。
- nocturnal (adj.) late 15c., from Old French nocturnal "nightly, nocturnal," or directly from Late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus "belonging to the night," from nox (genitive noctis) "night," cognate with Old English neaht (see night) + -urnus, suffix forming adjectives of time. Nocturnal emission "involuntary ejaculation during sleep" first recorded 1813.
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