词汇 | nocturnal |
释义 | nocturnal adjective uk /nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/ us /nɑːkˈtɝː.nəl/ being active or happening at night rather than during the day: 夜间发生的;夜间活动的;夜间的 Most bats are nocturnal.大部分蝙蝠在夜间活动。 nocturnal wanderings夜游 of the night, or relating to the night: He spends the nocturnal hours in his observatory. nocturnal light Compare diurnal They are nocturnal creatures, which helps them avoid predators such as hawks and owls. The researchers live nocturnal lives in order to study the animals. We stood and admired Shanghai's nocturnal skyline. Animal (non-human) behaviour accidental apex predator beg behave behaviour behavioural science claw fawn gambol groom homing housebroken migrate monogamous monogamously monogamy murmuration non-migrant nuzzle scent You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Days & times of day Related wordnocturnally nocturnal | American Dictionarynocturnal adjective us/nɑkˈtɜr·nəl/ of the night, or active during the night: Most bats and owls are nocturnal. Examples of nocturnalnocturnal Within this study, four women developed proteinuric hypertension, and three of these had an elevated nocturnal systolic blood pressure between 18 and 24 weeks. And they appropriate this attributed authenticity for themselves to increase their own, yes, 'nocturnal capital', earning them bragging rights back home. The insects in the true nocturnal layers observed with the radars were plainly migrating. Among 303 ultra-orthodox male referrals for a psychiatric evaluation, 80 experienced frightening hallucinations that were mainly nocturnal and visual. As watches were diurnal, visits by nocturnal canopy animals were not recorded, although we found no evidence of high levels of nocturnal fruit removal. Since the nocturnal canopy is relatively unexplored, the phenomenon of pollination by nocturnal bees may be commoner than these limited observations suggest. Intermittent and, in particular, nocturnal oxygen supplementation is likely to be the most effective and least invasive alternative. The flowers have nocturnal anthesis, with 1-20 flowers opening per inflorescence per night. Nocturnal funerals for the social elite were essentially private, not public events, and were directed by the family, and not the church. These tomes were never intended to grace the nightstand of casual nocturnal readers and the author makes no apology for his obsession with detail. Common symptoms are sudden respiratory distress-particularly in cold air, during respiratory tract infections, and during stress-"wheezy chest," and nocturnal coughing. The use of steroid injections and adequate nocturnal analgesics, supplemented by a small dose of tricyclic, will often resolve the night pain. Although juvenile slatey-grey snakes often are arboreal during their nocturnal activity, most diurnal retreat-sites of our radio-tracked adults were terrestrial, and generally underground. The only difference in temporal activity that appeared important was the diurnal versus nocturnal dichotomy. Another subject with nocturnal wandering once threw his wife on the floor, ran to his two children, took them into his arms and ran outside. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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