| 释义 |
perˈnoctate, v.
[f. ppl. stem of L. pernoctāre, f. per- 1 + nox, noct-em night.]
To stay all night; to pass the night.
1623Cockeram, Pernoctate, to tarry all night. 1923Blackw. Mag. Aug. 250/1 Families of Oriental pilgrims, pernoctating within the Church, will squat down in front of the Tomb of Christ. 1975Wadham Coll. Gaz. I. i. 6 The second event that demands to be recorded is the arrival of the first women undergraduates. The first to pernoctate as a member of the college came from Kingston, Ontario, to read law. 1978‘M. Innes’ Ampersand Papers iii. 28 A bedroom..and sitting-room were in permanent readiness for him should he be minded to pernoctate at Treskinnick. |