词汇 | wee-hours |
释义 | wee hours noun[ plural ] USuk /ˈwiː ˌaʊ.əz/ us /ˈwiː ˌaʊ.ɚz/(alsowee small hours, small hours) the early hours of the morning, between twelve o'clock at night and the time when the sun rises: 凌晨 He was up until the wee hours trying to finish his work.为了完成工作,他一直熬夜到凌晨。 Short in time abbreviated at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom awhile be short noticeidiom bite-sized blink bout brief dose in small dosesidiom in the blink of an eyeidiom instant jiffy mayfly minute shortness snatched split second transient transiently Examples of wee hourswee hours We in our traditional legislation adopted 2 am because that was the deadest part of the weehours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sat through many a party into the weehours of the morning, nursing a tonic or a soda water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He s hunting for the object that his automatic meteor tracker had detected in the weehours of that morning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The brutal raid was carried out in the weehours of the morning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We had some great times there, refining our chops until the weehours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the weehours of the day, the market comes to its fullest of life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is a meticulous process and often starts from the weehours in the morning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Communist guerillas also did do their rounds, knocking on doors in the village, in the weehours of the night to source for rations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Parade goers set up chairs on the front row in the weehours of the morning on parade day. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It's the weehours of the morning and a ghost walks through the house to spook the housemates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is the biggest street party held each year in the city, which lasts up to the weehours of the following day. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pooram draws to a close with mind-blowing fireworks displays in the evening and in the weehours of the next morning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During the summer, the zoo conducts tours of nocturnal animals in the weehours of the night. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He takes inspiration from his immediate surroundings, real or imagined, and paints into the weehours of the night. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, in the weehours of the morning, he was awakened by his aides informing him that he had, in fact, won the election. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of wee hours 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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