nocturnal

• adj. 夜的；夜曲的；夜间发生的

来自拉丁语nocturnus,夜间的，词源同night,-urn,形容词后缀。

nocturnal

nocturnal: see night

nocturnal (adj.)

late 15c., from Old French nocturnal "nightly, nocturnal," or directly from Late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus "belonging to the night," from nox (genitive noctis) "night," cognate with Old English neaht (see night) + -urnus, suffix forming adjectives of time. Nocturnal emission "involuntary ejaculation during sleep" first recorded 1813.

1. The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature.

榛睡鼠是一种在夜间活动的胆小动物。

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2. When there is a full moon, this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.

月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。

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3. Nocturnal animals such as bats and owls only come out at night.

夜行动物,如蝙蝠和猫头鹰只在夜里才出来.

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4. The usual symptoms are dyspnea, and sometimes paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.

其常见症状是呼吸困难, 有时呈阵发性夜间呼吸困难.

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5. I wander about the dread nocturnal countryside of this inhuman season.

在这无情的季节里,在这可怕的夜间,我在乡野徘徊.

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1. belonging to or active during the night;

"nocturnal animals are active at night"

"nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day"

2. of or relating to or occurring in the night;

"nocturnal darkness"

3. of or during or relating to the night;

"a nocturnal journey"

"nocturnal stillness"

"nocturnal predators"

Among mammals alone, the number of, nocturnal species is astonishing.

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Blackbirds and seagulls are also being more nocturnal.

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Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint, including their nighttime breeding choruses.

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If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars,we would go in darkness happily,the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet.

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a nocturnal visit

夜访

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...long nocturnal walks.

远途夜路

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...the immensity of the nocturnal sky.

夜空的浩瀚

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When there is a full moon, this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.

月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。

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Bats are nocturnal flying mammals. The statistics presented here describe small, insectivorous bats.

蝙蝠是一种夜行性飞行哺乳动物. 这里目前的统计资料表明是一种较小, 食虫的蝙蝠.

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Owls have nocturnal habits.

猫头鹰具有夜行性.

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Bats are nocturnal animal, so do owl.

蝙蝠和猫头鹰都是夜行性动物.

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Bats, owls and other nocturnal animals are also popular symbols of Halloween.

蝙蝠 、 猫头鹰和其他夜间活动的动物也是万圣节的普遍标志.

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Hair, brown, with black stripes, sexual ferocity, generally nocturnal predators, and sometimes hurt.

毛, 黄褐色, 有黑色条纹, 性凶猛, 一般夜出捕食动物, 有时伤人.

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Result: Thyroxine replacement therapy was effective in improving symptoms and nocturnal sleep apnea.

结果: 采用甲状腺素替代治疗后,可缓解症状和改善夜间睡眠呼吸暂停.

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This nocturnal creature is originally from a Nordic country.

这种夜间活动的动物最初生长在一个北欧国家.

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The koala is a nocturnal, tree dwelling marsupial mammal.

考拉属喜夜间活动的 、 居于树上的有袋类哺乳动物.

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Nocturnal animals such as bats and owls only come out at night.

夜行动物,如蝙蝠和猫头鹰只在夜里才出来.

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The tiny insects in the garden grass hummed and buzzed, engaged in a nocturnal conversation.

小园草地里的小虫琐琐屑屑地在夜谈.

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Nocturnal animals are active at night.

夜行动物在晚上活动.

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Conclusion: GNB 3 C 825 T polymorphism is associated with the decrease in nocturnal blood pressure response to metoprolol.

结论: GNB3C825T基因多态性与美托洛尔治疗后夜间收缩压及舒张压下降具有相关性.

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The usual symptoms are dyspnea, and sometimes paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.

其常见症状是呼吸困难, 有时呈阵发性夜间呼吸困难.

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Objectives : To evaluate the effect of Audiovisual sexual stimulation ( AVSS ) on nocturnal penile tumescence ( NPT ).

探讨视听觉性刺激对阴茎夜间勃起的作用.

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Colwell points out that the study was done in rats, which are nocturnal.

科尔韦尔指出这项研究是在小白鼠上进行的, 而老鼠恰恰是夜间活动动物.

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Some are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others live in the daylight.

一些是夜间活动, 如猫头鹰和蝙蝠; 其它在白天活动.

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The owl is a nocturnal bird.

猫头鹰是夜间活动的鸟.

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Does missing gene point to nocturnal existence for early mammals?

丢失的基因帮助早期哺乳动物夜间生存?

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I wander about the dread nocturnal countryside of this inhuman season.

在这无情的季节里,在这可怕的夜间,我在乡野徘徊.

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Psychic changes have been commonly observed, as well as daytime somnolence, nocturnal insomnia, and partial blindness.

普遍观察的有精神变化, 以及白天嗜睡, 夜间失眠和部分失明.

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European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song.

以夜晚发出悦耳动听的鸣声而闻名的欧洲歌鸟.

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Excessive sweating is associated with poor nocturnal glycemic control.

多汗也与夜间血糖控制不良有关.

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Jaguars are largely nocturnal creatures.

美洲虎基本上是夜行动物.

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Only black and nocturnal of the round return and that in fine threads ray?

只有黑和夜的轮回,那一丝丝的光线 呢 ?

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