nocturnal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /nɒkˈtɜː(ɹ).nəl/    美 /nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or creature that is active at night.
  2. A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars. historical
    — A rather different instrument was the nocturnal: it enabled you to tell the time at night, provided you knew the date, from the position of the stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, which rotate around the Pole Star.
形容词 adj.
  1. Primarily active during the night.
    — nocturnal birds
  2. Taking place at night, nightly.
    — a suspicious nocturnal outing

词形变化

more nocturnal comparative most nocturnal superlative nocturnall alternative nocturnals plural nocturnall alternative

词汇关系

近义词
lucifugous nightish nightly nighttime nocturnal
反义词
diurnal nonnocturnal
下位词
matutinal matutine vespertinal vespertine
衍生词
noctophobia nocturnal active photolocation nocturnal arc nocturnal arch nocturnal delirium nocturnal emission nocturnalism nocturnalist nocturnality nocturnally nocturnal penile tumescence nocturnal pollution nonnocturnal seminocturnal sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
并列词
crepuscular

词源

词源 1
From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnālis (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь.
词源 2
From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnālis (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь.
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