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单词 small hours
释义
small hours
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈsmɔːl ˌaʊəz/us
/ˈsmɑːl ˌaʊrz/
(alsowee small hours,early hours);(USalsowee hours)
the earlyhoursof themorning, between twelve o'clock atnightand thetimewhen thesunrises:
凌晨
She was up untilthesmallhoursof themorningtryingtofinishheressay.为了写完论文，她一直熬夜到凌晨。
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(Definition ofsmall hoursfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsmall hours

small hours
It has every potentially stultifying quality but is genuinely readable, even gripping, keeping one from one's bed in thesmallhours, resistant to the delay of note-taking.
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During that period we discovered every place in the building where one could "get one" in thesmallhoursof the morning.
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We were not planning to filibuster it into thesmallhoursof the morning.
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It is quite unnecessary to sit until thesmallhoursof the morning like this.
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Those of us who have been here until thesmallhoursof the morning during the present week have seen enough of it.
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It is only twenty minutes past nine, and quite recently we have been used to sitting up till thesmallhoursof the morning.
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I am told that we have passed that already in thesmallhoursof this morning.
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I cannot understand why he wants to press on at such speed in thesmallhours.
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We shall not get a result similar to that in the weesmallhoursof this morning.
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They may be long and go on into thesmallhours, but it is a fascinating subject.
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A problem may become acute in thesmallhoursof the night.
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He was defeated because, even in thesmallhoursof the morning, time ran out on that occasion.
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That is the sort of trend that one finds in thesmallhoursof the morning when, inevitably, the standard of debate must be lower.
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During the day and particularly in thesmallhoursof the night this is an all-too-frequent occurrence.
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I remember in particular an argument about art and music which took place in thesmallhours.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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