| 词汇 | early-hours |
| 释义 | early hours noun[ plural ] uk /ˈɜː.li ˌaʊəz/ us /ˈɝː.li ˌaʊrz/ the early hours of the morning, between twelve o'clock at night and the time when the sun rises: 凌晨 the early hoursWe sat up talking until the early hours.我们坐在那里一直聊到凌晨。 Synonym small hours Days & times of day afternoon afternoons all day am arvo high noon hour in broad daylightidiom in the dead of night/winteridiom last orders night noontime o'clock office hours opening time overnight the witching hour twilit workday working day Examples of early hoursearly hours Passing by in the very earlyhours of the morning, drivers would beep at each palaver tree for clients. The toilet in most cases was clogged and people had to go out in the open in the earlyhours. Cells of embryos that are in the desiccation tolerant phase (the earlyhours of imbibition) retain desiccation tolerance when dried and will germinate on rehydration. The burglary was not too difficult as the guards were regularly asleep in the earlyhours of the morning. Occasionally, people would hear the motors of large trucks passing through the district during the earlyhours of the morning. Men ate in the restaurant at about 9pm and again in the earlyhours of the morning. They and their younger siblings regularly climb out of the bedroom windows to roam the streets in the earlyhours of the morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He referred to stock farming, to milking in the earlyhours and to general feeding and looking after stock. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is wrong that we should discuss legislation of this gravity in the earlyhours of the morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can well believe he may in the earlyhours of the morning imagine himself taking a firm stand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This debate in the earlyhours has demonstrated that global warming is a reality which we ignore at our peril. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever expectations were encouraged during those earlyhours have not been fulfilled since. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These very earlyhours, or alternatively these very late hours, may be worked continuously for five days a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is more like a love-hate relationship if in the earlyhours of the morning such threatening words have to be uttered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was what they said; yet four of their members have been raided in the earlyhours of the morning, at 6.30, in their homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of early 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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