midnight

noun · adjectiveB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

midnights

1.
(countable, uncountable)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.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(dice games) Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).
Đồng nghĩa: boxcars

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, poetic)Utterly dark or black.

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Đồng nghĩa

boxcarsa.m.am

Trái nghĩa

noon midday

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (midnight), equivalent to mid-- + night. Cognate with Midnoacht, mittinaht, midnat, midnatt, miðnætti. Compare also Middernoacht, middernacht, Mitternacht.