橘子朗文词典

small hours

S 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈsmɔːl ˌaʊəz]
  • 美式音标 [ˈsmɑːl ˌaʊrz]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 午夜以后；下半夜

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • He was so engrossed in his work that he frequently stayed up until the small hours.
    他全神贯注地工作, 经常工作到下半夜。
    《新英汉大辞典》
  • There are plenty of reasons why lights burn in Manhattan skyscrapers into the small hours.
    众多理由使我们相信，曼哈顿摩天大楼很有可能到下半夜仍旧灯火通明。
  • Omnibus bills, thousands of pages long, have been voted through in the small hours on the nod.
    有数千页长，包含有多项问题的混合议案被有默契地在深更半夜表决通过。

    • 原声例句

  • Seventy-two hours later, Felix de Weldon had made a small statue of Joe Rosenthal's picture.
  • Experts say accountability is key in determining the future use of certain practices such as confining thousands of protesters into small areas for hours on end and of some officers removing badge numbers from their uniforms in crowd control situations.

    • 权威例句

  • His ballad albums such as "In the Wee Small Hours" set a high bar.
    NPR: Buena Vista Social Club Singer's Last Album
  • There are plenty of reasons why lights burn in Manhattan skyscrapers into the small hours.
    ECONOMIST: Investment banking

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • the early hours of the morning, between twelve o'clock at night and the time when the sun rises

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If something happens in the small hours, it happens soon after midnight, in the very early morning.