nocturnal
adjective /nɒkˈtɜːnl/
/nɑːkˈtɜːrnl/
- (of animals
动物 夜行的；夜出的 - owls and other nocturnal creatures
猫头鹰和其他夜间活动的动物 - These animals are strictly nocturnal.
这些动物严格来说是夜间活动的。 - These insects are largely nocturnal.
这些昆虫主要是夜间活动的。
- owls and other nocturnal creatures
- (formal) happening during the night
夜间发生的 - a nocturnal visit
夜访
- a nocturnal visit
词源late 15th cent.: from late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus ‘of the night’, from nox, noct- ‘night’.