| 单词 | quarter-night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-night quarter-night n. the time when a quarter of the night has passed (rare after 15th cent.; now poetic). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > watch or period into which night was divided watchc1000 night watchOE quarterc1330 vigilc1380 wakingc1384 quarter-nightc1390 morning watch1535 c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3516 A Monday next at quarter nyght Shal falle a reyn. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 474 (MED) Kit went to bed & blewe out al the liȝte, And by that tyme it was nere hond quarter nyȝt. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. xi. 212 This is quarter-night (said the justice) and here the ladies are come! 1975 C. Wright Bloodlines 45 Born in the quarter-night, brash Tongue on the tongueless ward, the moon down. < as lemmas |
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