vampire time

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. A schedule in which a person sleeps during the day and spends much of the night awake. informal
    — Undergraduates say they live on vampire time, sleeping in class, active after dark.
  2. Night; the time when there is no sunlight. informal
    — In the night, in the smoky smoky night: vampire time. Rebop syncopate do the dirty bop, request "Sixty-Minute Man," hear the Shammies, sing the song.
  3. A woman's menstrual period. euphemistic,slang
    — But what would he have thought about the female character in a novel I recently read who, noting that she was in her menstual period, called it 'vampire time'?
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vampire, time.; Time, when considered relative to a vampire's immortal lifespan.
    — In vampire time Aleya had not really been around that long, but the sound, the scent, the routines that were uniquely her were missing. He missed her.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vampire, time.; The manner in which a vampire perceives or measures time.
    — This disparity is dependent on geographic location and point in the calendar year, but generally most vampires switch to vampire time no matter where they reside.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vampire, time.; The time at which one encounters a vampire.
    — Even before this verbal utterance, the clock strikes one, the lonely caretaker looks up, the bats fly through the trees, a shrouded figure glides across the rooftops, and a scream is heard. These events tell the audience, "Boy it sure is vampire time tonight ! "
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