单词 | bedtime |
释义 | bedtime (once / 2954 pages) n Bedtime is the time of the evening or night when you go to sleep. If you want a good excuse to leave a boring party, you can look at your watch and say, "Wow! It's way past my bedtime!" The time you generally go to bed is your bedtime, although you may not have a regular bedtime, just turning in whenever you feel sleepy. Most young children have a set bedtime, which is basically the hour their parents have decided they should go to sleep. If they're lucky, they'll get a bedtime story before the lights are turned off. Bedtime dates from the 13th century, from the Old English bedd and tima, "limited space of time." WORD FAMILYbedtime: bedtimes USAGE EXAMPLESStill, just seeing the information about my bedtime habits helped me change for the better. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) In those days, the president followed the billiards game with bedtime routines with his daughters. New York Times(Jul 02, 2016) And Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher used to break his bedtime as a kid to stay up late and watch bowl games. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) n the time you go to bed Hypo|Hyper lights-out a prescribed bedtime hour, time of day clock time |
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