Tra từ night - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

night [night nights] BrE [naɪt] NAmE [naɪt] noun uncountable, countable
1. the time between one day and the next when it is dark, when people usually sleep
• These animals only come out at night.
• They sleep by day and hunt by night.
•The accident happened on Friday night.
•on the night of 10 January/January 10
•Did you hear the storm last night?
•I lay awake all night.
•Where did you spend the night?
•You're welcome to stay the night here.
•What is he doing calling at this time of night?
•You'll feel better after you've had a good night's sleep.
•The trip was for ten nights.
•The hotel costs €65 per person per night.
•the night train/boat/flight
•Night fell (= it became dark).
2. the evening until you go to bed
• Let's go out on Saturday night.
• Bill's parents came for dinner last night.
•She doesn't like to walk home late at night.
•I saw her in town the other night (= a few nights ago).
•I'm working late tomorrow night.
see also ↑goodnight
3. an evening when a special event happens
•the first/opening night (= of a play, film/movie, etc.)
•a karaoke night
•an Irish/a Scottish, etc. night (= with Irish/Scottish music, entertainment, etc.)
see also ↑stag night
more at it'll be all right on the night at ↑all right _adj., dance the night away at ↑dance _v., in the/at dead of night at ↑dead _n., morning, noon and night at ↑morning, spend the night togetherspend the night with sb at ↑spend _v., the still of the night at ↑still _n., things that go bump in the night at ↑thing
Idioms: ↑day and night ▪ ↑have a bad night ▪ ↑have a night on the tiles ▪ ↑have an a late night ▪ ↑night and day ▪ ↑night night ▪ ↑night out
Derived Word: ↑nights

Word Origin:
Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux.

Thesaurus:
night noun
1. U, C
•Where did you spend the night?
night-time • • the middle of the night • • midnight • • the early hours • |informal the small hours •
Opp: day
in the night/night-time/middle of the night/early hours/small hours
at night/night-time/midnight
(well) into the night/early hours/small hours
Night, night-time or the middle of the night? A night can be seen as either a completed or a continuing period of time; night-time is seen as a continuing, not a completed period; the middle of the night is a point in time during the night:
•I lay awake all night.
• during the night/night-time
✗ during the middle of the night
2. U, C
•She came round for dinner last night.
evening • • dusk • • twilight • • sunset • |especially AmE, especially written sundown • |literary nightfall •
Opp: morning
at night/dusk/twilight/sunset/sundown/nightfall
tomorrow/yesterday/Monday night/evening
night/evening/dusk falls
Night or evening? Evening emphasizes the earlier hours, from about 6 pm onwards; night emphasizes the later part of the evening and can include the early hours of the next day
•We were up late last night and didn't get to bed till 2 am.
Night can also mean the whole time till it gets light
•I'm going to my sister's for the evening (= and coming back later in the evening).
• I'm going to my sister's for the night (= and not coming back until the morning).

Example Bank:
•Ask your Mum if you can stay the night.
•Fancy a night out?
•He had plans to spend a quiet night at home.
•He spent another lonely night in front of the television.
•I lie awake at night worrying.
•I saw her the other night.
•I think I'll have an early night.
•I was getting myself ready for a night out.
•I woke in the night.
•One fateful night he was involved in an accident that changed his life forever.
•Paris by night
•She doesn't like to walk home late at night.
•She kissed him good night.
•The hotel costs €265 per person per night.
•The night fell quickly.
•They decided to make a night of it and went on to a club.
•They spent the night in Bristol.
•a drunken night of partying
•the last night of the play's run
•Did you hear the storm last night?
•I lay awake all night.
•I'm taking the night train.
•I'm working late tomorrow night.
•My mother-in-law came for dinner last night.
•Some nights he comes home late.
•These animals only come out at night.
•They sleep by day and hunt by night.
•What is he doing calling at this time of night?
•Where did you spend the night?
•Where were you on the night of 10 January?
•You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
•You're welcome to stay the night here.

Example Bank:
•She works nights.