night

名词 night:

1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
   同义词：nighttime, dark
2. the time between sunset and midnight
3. the period spent sleeping
4. the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
5. darkness
6. a shortening of nightfall
7. a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
8. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
   同义词：Nox

1. We can see the stars at night.
   夜晚我们可以看见星群。
2. You've been having too many late nights recently.
   你近来晚睡的次数太多了。
3. Night began to fall.
   夜幕降临。

night

n.（名词）

The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
夜晚：从日落到日出的一段时间，尤指不见光的时间
This period considered as a unit of time:
夜间：被视作时间单位的一段时间：
例句：
for two nights running.
过两夜

This period considered from its conditions:
夜晚：从状态上考虑的这一段时间：
例句：
a rainy night.
下雨的夜晚

The period between dusk and midnight of a given day:
某一天中从黄昏到午夜的时间：
例句：
either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
星期四深夜或星期五凌晨

The period between evening and bedtime.
从傍晚到就寝的这一段时间
This period considered from its activities:
某种活动举行的夜晚：
例句：
a night at the opera.
歌剧之夜

This period set aside for a specific purpose:
有某特定目的夜晚时间：
例句：
Parents` Night at school.
学校家长之夜

The period between bedtime and morning:
从就寝到隔天早晨的这段时间：
例句：
spent the night at a motel.
在汽车旅馆过了一夜

One`s sleep during this period:
睡眠的这段时间：
例句：
had a restless night.
一夜未眠

Nightfall:
夜幕降临：
例句：
worked from morning to night.
从早到晚地工作

Darkness:
黑暗：
例句：
vanished into the night.
消逝在夜色中

A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair:
幽暗，绝望的时刻：忧郁、沉闷、烦躁或绝望的时期或状况：
例句：
.In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o`clock in the morning.(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
.凌晨三点钟往往是灵魂最黑暗的时候.(F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德)

A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values:
道德伦理沦丧时刻：缺乏道德观念或伦理价值的时期或状况：
例句：
.He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed.(Anthony Lewis)
.他从来不会让我们恣意地堕入个人贪欲的深渊.(安东尼·刘易斯)

adj.（形容词）
Of or relating to the night:
夜晚的：夜晚的或与夜晚有关的：
例句：
the night air.
夜间的微风

Intended for use at night:
用于夜晚的：
例句：
a night light.
夜间照明灯

Working during the night:
夜间工作的：
例句：
the night nurse.
值夜的护士

Active chiefly at night:
主要在夜间活动的：
例句：
night prowlers.
夜贼

Occurring after dark:
天黑后进行的：
例句：
night baseball.
夜间进行的棒球运动

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English niht * see nek w-t-
源自 古英语 niht *参见 nek w-t-