| 单词 | school night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasschool night school night n. (a) an evening or night on which schooling takes place (now rare); (b) a night before a morning on which one must get up for school or (humorously) work. ΚΠ 1772 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 22 Sept. Mr. Patence begs leave to inform the Public in general, that his School Nights begin on Wednesday evening next. 1852 S. Osborn Stray Leaves from Arctic Jrnl. 169 If it was school night, the voluntary pupils went to their tasks, the masters to their posts. 1920 N. W. Shefferman Employm. Methods 495 On the last school night of each week the teacher will give each man a card showing his attendance for that week. 1931 J. K. Folsom Social Psychol. viii. 376 In the upper three years of high school the chief source [of friction] is the number of times they go out on school nights and the hour they get in at night. 1991 Life Nov. 54 (caption) Up late on a school night, Miss Terry wonders, ‘What if five hours' sleep and strong coffee won't cut it’? 2001 K. Izzo & C. Marsh Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum 288 ‘OK, gang, it's a school night and I've got to get to bed’ is not rude. < as lemmas |
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