| 单词 | under night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder night b. Scottish. With reference to the cover or shelter of darkness. under night, during the night, by night. under cloud of night: see cloud n. 9a. ΚΠ 1434 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 391 That na fischar of sawmound..house nane bot thai be tane vndir nycht, and on the morn brocht to the markete. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 214 And onder nycht quhile stall thou staggis and stirkis. 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 592 The said Oliver..come to the said Androis dwelling hous..under silence of nycht. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iii He brought east the howdy under night. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) xi. 385 Under night we lost the way again. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 450 To sing undernight for ‘bawbees’ in the large towns on their way. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 129 Some mares..are known to drop their foals under night in the stable. < as lemmas |
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