名詞 night:

1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
   同義詞：nighttime, dark
2. the time between sunset and midnight
3. the period spent sleeping
4. the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
5. darkness
6. a shortening of nightfall
7. a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
8. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
   同義詞：Nox

1. We can see the stars at night.
   夜晚我們可以看見星群。
2. You've been having too many late nights recently.
   你近來晚睡的次數(shù)太多了。
3. Night began to fall.
   夜幕降臨。

night

n.（名詞）

The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
夜晚：從日落到日出的一段時(shí)間，尤指不見光的時(shí)間
This period considered as a unit of time:
夜間：被視作時(shí)間單位的一段時(shí)間：
例句：
for two nights running.
過兩夜

This period considered from its conditions:
夜晚：從狀態(tài)上考慮的這一段時(shí)間：
例句：
a rainy night.
下雨的夜晚

The period between dusk and midnight of a given day:
某一天中從黃昏到午夜的時(shí)間：
例句：
either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
星期四深夜或星期五凌晨

The period between evening and bedtime.
從傍晚到就寢的這一段時(shí)間
This period considered from its activities:
某種活動(dòng)舉行的夜晚：
例句：
a night at the opera.
歌劇之夜

This period set aside for a specific purpose:
有某特定目的夜晚時(shí)間：
例句：
Parents` Night at school.
學(xué)校家長之夜

The period between bedtime and morning:
從就寢到隔天早晨的這段時(shí)間：
例句：
spent the night at a motel.
在汽車旅館過了一夜

One`s sleep during this period:
睡眠的這段時(shí)間：
例句：
had a restless night.
一夜未眠

Nightfall:
夜幕降臨：
例句：
worked from morning to night.
從早到晚地工作

Darkness:
黑暗：
例句：
vanished into the night.
消逝在夜色中

A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair:
幽暗，絕望的時(shí)刻：憂郁、沉悶、煩躁或絕望的時(shí)期或狀況：
例句：
.In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o`clock in the morning.(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
.凌晨三點(diǎn)鐘往往是靈魂最黑暗的時(shí)候.(F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德)

A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values:
道德倫理淪喪時(shí)刻：缺乏道德觀念或倫理價(jià)值的時(shí)期或狀況：
例句：
.He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed.(Anthony Lewis)
.他從來不會(huì)讓我們恣意地墮入個(gè)人貪欲的深淵.(安東尼·劉易斯)

adj.（形容詞）
Of or relating to the night:
夜晚的：夜晚的或與夜晚有關(guān)的：
例句：
the night air.
夜間的微風(fēng)

Intended for use at night:
用于夜晚的：
例句：
a night light.
夜間照明燈

Working during the night:
夜間工作的：
例句：
the night nurse.
值夜的護(hù)士

Active chiefly at night:
主要在夜間活動(dòng)的：
例句：
night prowlers.
夜賊

Occurring after dark:
天黑后進(jìn)行的：
例句：
night baseball.
夜間進(jìn)行的棒球運(yùn)動(dòng)

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English niht * see nek w-t-
源自 古英語 niht *參見 nek w-t-