| 单词 | midnight oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidnight oil midnight oil n. figurative laborious or extra effort, as in studying late at night (cf. oil n.1 4); usually in to burn (etc.) the midnight oil: to sit up or work (as by lamplight) late into the night, to work diligently or conscientiously. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > intentionally watchc1000 to sit upc1450 stay1526 to burn (etc.) the midnight oil1635 to set up1697 to wake it1766 to watch up1852 to wait up1855 to stop up1857 society > education > learning > study > [noun] > laborious study midnight oil1635 oil1675 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. ii. 70 Wee spend our mid-day sweat, our mid-night oyle; Wee tyre the night in thought; the day, in toyle. 1650 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Crastini Anim. 16 As were that worth our Braines, and Midnight Oyle. a1763 W. Shenstone Elegies xi, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 29 I trimm'd my lamp, consum'd the midnight oil. 1812 Edinb. Rev. July 227 He may have..wasted the midnight oil in preparing..instruction. 1830 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 279 We hold something in our hands which is to interest and occupy us till bed-time, perchance enchain us beyond our sober bed-time, and find us burning the actual midnight oil. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life iii. 32 I cannot say that I burnt much midnight oil. 1972 Guardian 4 Oct. 1/1 The speech bore distinct marks of being something of a midnight-oil effort. 1989 Satellite Times Feb. 4/2 Burning midday and midnight oil we came up with what you have in your hands. < as lemmas |
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