nocturnal
nocturnal 英 [nɒkˈtɜ:nl] 美 [nɑkˈtɜrnl]
adj. 夜的；夜曲的；夜间发生的
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；夜曲的；夜间发生的
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1. Roaches are nocturnal so you’ll be able to trace where they live if you see one wandering at night.
小强喜欢夜间活动，所以如果你看见一只在晚上出没的话，就可以找出它们住哪。
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2. More than half are shut through the night;those that are not charge more for nocturnal transactions—much as taxis do.
过半数柜员机会在夜里关闭，那些不关的则会对夜间交易加收手续费──就像出租车的所为。
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3. In fact, bats are much like vampires. They are nocturnal, some species drink blood, and they have an acute sense of hearing and smell.
事实上蝙蝠跟吸血鬼很像，它们都在夜间活动，有些品种的蝙蝠会吸血，而且它们听觉和嗅觉非常灵敏。
- 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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