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单词 overnight
释义
overnight
adjective,adverb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈnaɪt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈnaɪt/

overnightadjective,adverb(TIME OF DAY)

B1
for or during thenight:
一夜间（的）；在夜间（的），在晚上（的）
an overnightstopinParis在巴黎停留过夜
You canstayovernight if youwantto.要是你愿意可以住一宿。
Don'tforgettopackan overnightbag(= abagfor things that you need when youstayaway fromhomefor anight).别忘了收拾在外过夜的用品旅行袋。
More examples
  • Several of theinjuredweredetainedovernight inhospital.
  • Thetemperaturecouldfallbelow zero overnight.
  • Iemptiedtheclosetand put mybelongingsinto theblackovernightcase.
  • I'mtravellingovernight so I'vebookedasleeper.
  • The overnightinvasiontook themilitaryexpertsunawares.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Days & times of day
  • afternoon
  • afternoons
  • am
  • arvo
  • at the crack of dawnidiom
  • happy hour
  • high noon
  • hour
  • in broad daylightidiom
  • in the dead of night/winteridiom
  • night
  • nocturnal
  • nocturnally
  • noon
  • noontime
  • o'clock
  • the witching hour
  • twilit
  • workday
  • working day
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overnightadjective,adverb(SUDDENLY)

C2
suddenlyandunexpectedly:
突然（的）；一夜之间（的）
Shebecameastarovernight.她一夜之间成了明星。
Thebookwas an overnightsuccess.这本书一举获得成功。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • ad hoc
  • ad hocism
  • ad hockery
  • extemporize
  • hoof
  • inconceivably
  • innocent
  • innocently
  • instinctive
  • instinctively
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneous
  • spontaneously
  • steepness
  • unannounced
  • unwitting
  • unwittingly
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overnight
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈnaɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈnaɪt/
[I]
tostaysomewherefor anight:
We've overnighted at someremoteandbeautifulplaces.
He overnighted in Detroit beforecontinuinghiscampaign.
[T]US
tosendsomething to someone so itarrivesthe nextday:
He said heneededa newpassporturgently, so we overnighted one to him.
Thesetrufflesarefresh, overnighted from Italy.
More examples
  • Wedecidedto overnight at Lake Wanaka.
  • King Charles IIonceovernighted here on his way to France.
  • Wemissedourplaneand had to overnight in Amsterdam.
  • She overnighted herapplication.
  • I have been sodesperateforbrisketthat mygrandmotherovernighted one to me.
  • Thesalmoniscaughtin amountainstreamand overnighted toyourdoorstep.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Living or sleeping somewhere
  • abide
  • co-resident
  • co-residential
  • domiciled
  • dwell
  • inhospitable
  • live in
  • live in sinidiom
  • live out
  • lodge
  • occupancy
  • populate
  • repopulate
  • repopulation
  • reside
  • residence
  • residency
  • settle
  • slum
  • tenancy
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(Definition ofovernightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
overnight
adjective,adverb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈnaɪt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈnaɪt/

overnightadjective,adverb(TIME OF DAY)

B1
for or during thenight
一夜间（的）；在夜间（的），在晚上（的）
an overnightstopinParis在巴黎停留过夜
You canstayovernight if youwantto.要是你愿意可以住一宿。
Don'tforgettopackan overnightbag(= abagfor things that you need when youstayaway fromhomefor anight).别忘了收拾在外过夜的用品旅行袋。
More examples
  • Several of theinjuredweredetainedovernight inhospital.
  • Thetemperaturecouldfallbelow zero overnight.
  • Iemptiedtheclosetand put mybelongingsinto theblackovernightcase.
  • I'mtravellingovernight so I'vebookedasleeper.
  • The overnightinvasiontook themilitaryexpertsunawares.

overnightadjective,adverb(SUDDENLY)

C2
suddenlyandunexpectedly
突然（的）；一夜之间（的）
Shebecameastarovernight.她一夜之间成了明星。
Thebookwas an overnightsuccess.这本书一举获得成功。

overnight| American Dictionary

overnight
adjective,adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈoʊ·vərˈnɑɪt/
for or during thenight:
You canstayovernight with us if youwantto.
fig.Thebookwas an overnightsuccess(= asuddensuccess).
(Definition ofovernightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overnight| Business English

overnight
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊvənaɪt/us
for or during thenight:
an overnight stay/stopWe made an overnightstopinParis.
Stocks in Hong KongclosedmoderatelyhigherencouragedbyovernightgainsonWallStreet.
suddenandunexpected:
Like manyso-calledovernight successes, she had beenworkinghard forquitesometime.
overnight
adverb
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt/us
for or during thenight:
I took atrainovernight.
suddenlyorquickly, and oftenunexpectedly:
Building aprojectlike this doesn'thappenovernight.
Thecompanyalmostovernightreformeditself as arealestatedeveloper.
Majorcapitalexpenditureisrarelyrecoupedovernight.
overnight
verb
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt/us
[I]TRANSPORT
tostaysomewherefor anight:
We overnighted at Frankfurt beforeflyingon to Chennai.
[T]COMMUNICATIONSUS
tosendaletterorpackageto bedeliveredby the end of the nextday:
I told him to overnight thecontractto me.
(Definition ofovernightfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovernight

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Security, as much as politics, had led to their ascendancy, and their priorities did not changeovernight.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Years of efforts at national reconciliation may well have been lostovernight.
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Venous blood samples were obtained after anovernightfast at the beginning, middle and end of the study.
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Places forovernightstay might therefore have been chosen with relation to nearby raw materials sources.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our clients were convinced: we built the first flat screen trading room and became world-wide market leadersovernight.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The polymer was then dissolvedovernightin a small amount of distilled water, and the final solution frozen and lyophilized.
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The hemolymph of nonparasitized larvae was completely black when leftovernight, while hemolymph from parasitized larvae was virtually unchanged.
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A background spectrum was taken of the clean, dry crystal and the cell was filled with 70% ethanol for sterilizingovernight.
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Individual females were released into the centre of each cage and moths were allowed to ovipositovernight.
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If plaintiffs lived in remote villages, they had to makeovernighttrips to the yamen courts in designated cities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Accommodating relativesovernightis necessary when they travel a long distance, or because of their close involvement in housework or care tasks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Maturities range more widely than those of sterling inter-bank loans, fromovernightto one year and occasionally more.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She frequently stayedovernightwith them, and each summer they took her on a caravan holiday.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the fact that equality is not going to happenovernightor indeed ever, is no reason for not reducing current inequalities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are 100 overnights or remands, and sentences all morning.
From the
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