sennight

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛnaɪt/|/-nɪt/    美 /ˈsɛnaɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of week in its various senses, a period of seven consecutive days and nights. archaic,obsolete,poetic
    — I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay; Elynour, I thé pray, Of thyne ale let vs assay, […]

词形变化

sennights plural sennet alternative se'nnight alternative se'night alternative sevennight alternative seven-night alternative seu'night alternative sev'nnight alternative

词源

From Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“sevennight, a week”) [and other forms], a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sevennight.
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