| 释义 |
a-nights, adv. arch.|əˈnaɪts|
[coalescence of the two OE. forms on niht (see a-night), and nihtes advb. gen. (cf. Where do you go of a night?), both = L. noctu. Thus simply = a-night, though the -s has often been taken as a plural sign, and has tended to give a more habitual sense.]
[918O.E. Chron., Þa bestælon hie hie þeah nihtes. a1250Owl & Night. 219 Þu singest a niht. Ibid. 238 Þu flihst nihtes.] c1440Gesta Rom. 61 The lady a-roose on nyghtes [v.r. rose a-nyghtes] for to here his songe. 1577Test. 12 Patriarchs 72 Leachery and covetousness..walk abroad as well a nights as of days. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. ii. 193 Sleeke-headed men, and such as sleepe a-nights. 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 104 They lodged a-nights in hollow trees. 1673Shadwell Epsom Wells ii. Wks. III. 221 To sit up a-nights late. 1838H. C. Robinson Diary III. 152 She used to go out a-nights with her face hid up in her cloak. |