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单词 nocturnal
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nocturnal

adjective
/nɒkˈtɜːnl/
/nɑːkˈtɜːrnl/
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  1. (of animals) active at night
    • owls and other nocturnal creatures
    • These animals are strictly nocturnal.
    • These insects are largely nocturnal.
    opposite diurnal
  2. (formal) happening during the night
    • a nocturnal visit
  3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus ‘of the night’, from nox, noct- ‘night’.
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