单词 | the small hours |
释义 | the small hoursidiom (rather informal) the early hours午夜刚过的一段时间;凌晨时分◆we worked well into the small hours.我们一直工作到凌晨。note 辨析 the early hours or the small hours? the early hours is often used before of and a date or day and may be used in official reports or journalism. * the early hours 常用在 of 和某一日期或一周的某日前,可用于官方报告或新闻报道中◆the robbery took place in the early hours of monday morning.抢劫发生在星期一凌晨。 the small hours is rather informal and is not used in these contexts. it is often used to talk about sth which started in the evening and continued after midnight. * the small hours 很不正式,不用于上述语境,而常用于描述始于傍晚、持续到午夜后的事。the ˈsmall hoursnoun [pl] the early morning hours soon after midnight 凌晨时分 |
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