| 单词 | overnight |
| 释义 | overnight (once / 1006 pages) advadj When something happens overnight, it occurs during the hours of one night. An overnight party can also be called a sleepover or a slumber party. (Pack your sleeping bag, but you probably won't use it.) You can use overnight as an adverb or adjective literally meaning "during the night" — like an overnight airplane flight or a guest who stays overnight on your couch. You can also use it figuratively, to mean "quickly" or "instant." After you publish your first book, you may be an overnight success; and after an important election, the world may seem to change overnight. WORD FAMILYovernight: overnighter, overnights+/midnight: midnights/night: midnight, nightly, nights, overnight/overnighter: overnighters USAGE EXAMPLESIn Georgia, some of the heaviest rains were expected late Monday night and into the overnight hours of early Tuesday morning, forecasters said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) State police shot and killed the suspect in Weaver’s death after an overnight manhunt. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) More than eight million people tuned in to see the return of Sherlock on BBC One on Sunday, overnight ratings show. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1adv during or for the length of one night the fish marinates overnight 2adv happening in a short time or with great speed these solutions cannot be found overnight! 3adj lasting, open, or operating through the whole night an overnight trip Syn all-night, nightlong long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified |
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