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beingactiveorhappeningatnightratherthan during theday: Mostbatsare nocturnal.大部分蝙蝠在夜间活动。 nocturnalwanderings夜游 of thenight, orrelatingto thenight: Hespendsthe nocturnalhoursin hisobservatory. nocturnallight夜光 - They are nocturnalcreatures, whichhelpsthemavoidpredatorssuch ashawksandowls.
- The researcherslivenocturnallivesinordertostudytheanimals.
- WestoodandadmiredShanghai's nocturnalskyline.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAnimal (non-human) behaviour - accidental
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- non-migratory
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
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See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: (Definition ofnocturnalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)happeningin oractiveduring thenight, orrelatingto thenight 夜间发生的;夜间活动的;夜间的nocturnalwanderings夜游 nocturnallight夜光 Mostbatsare nocturnal.大部分蝙蝠在夜间活动。 nocturnal| American Dictionaryof thenight, oractiveduring thenight: Mostbatsandowlsare nocturnal. (Definition ofnocturnalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofnocturnalnocturnal As the eighteenth century progressed, sonocturnalfunerals increased in popularity, and spread to all ranks of society.From theCambridge English Corpus Within this study, four women developed proteinuric hypertension, and three of these had an elevatednocturnalsystolic blood pressure between 18 and 24 weeks.From theCambridge English Corpus And they appropriate this attributed authenticity for themselves to increase their own, yes, 'nocturnalcapital', earning them bragging rights back home.From theCambridge English Corpus The insects in the truenocturnallayers observed with the radars were plainly migrating.From theCambridge English Corpus Among 303 ultra-orthodox male referrals for a psychiatric evaluation, 80 experienced frightening hallucinations that were mainlynocturnaland visual.From theCambridge English Corpus As watches were diurnal, visits bynocturnalcanopy animals were not recorded, although we found no evidence of high levels ofnocturnalfruit removal.From theCambridge English Corpus Since thenocturnalcanopy is relatively unexplored, the phenomenon of pollination bynocturnalbees may be commoner than these limited observations suggest.From theCambridge English Corpus Intermittent and, in particular,nocturnaloxygen supplementation is likely to be the most effective and least invasive alternative.From theCambridge English Corpus The flowers havenocturnalanthesis, with 1-20 flowers opening per inflorescence per night.From theCambridge English Corpus Nocturnalfunerals for the social elite were essentially private, not public events, and were directed by the family, and not the church.From theCambridge English Corpus These tomes were never intended to grace the nightstand of casualnocturnalreaders and the author makes no apology for his obsession with detail.From theCambridge English Corpus Common symptoms are sudden respiratory distress-particularly in cold air, during respiratory tract infections, and during stress-"wheezy chest," andnocturnalcoughing.From theCambridge English Corpus The use of steroid injections and adequatenocturnalanalgesics, supplemented by a small dose of tricyclic, will often resolve the night pain.From theCambridge English Corpus Although juvenile slatey-grey snakes often are arboreal during theirnocturnalactivity, most diurnal retreat-sites of our radio-tracked adults were terrestrial, and generally underground.From theCambridge English Corpus The only difference in temporal activity that appeared important was the diurnal versusnocturnaldichotomy.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/nocturnal## |