sevennight

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/    美 /ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of sennight, a week. alt-of,alternative,archaic,obsolete
    — VVhat doctrine is vvritten for us in the eighth chapter of the firſt book of Kings, I did partly ſhevv unto you, moſt honourable audience, this day ſeven-night, of that good man, father Samuel, that good Judge, hovv good a man he vvas, vvhat helpers and coadjutors he took unto him, to have his office vvell diſcharged.

词形变化

sevennights plural

词源

From Middle English 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 sennight.
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