| 单词 | overnight |
| 释义 | overnight overnight adverb, adjective, verb
■ adverb /; AmE /
1 suddenly or quickly: The company didn't become successful overnight.
2 during or for the night: I stayed overnight in Stockholm.
3 (Stock Exchange ) since trading ended the day before: The US Nasdaq fell 2.4% overnight.
■ adjective /; AmE / [only before noun]
1 happening suddenly or quickly: The new range was an overnight success.
2 happening during the night; for a night: an overnight flight an overnight stay
3 an overnight delivery of goods arrives the day after you order them: Most of our products are available by overnight delivery.
4 (Stock Exchange ) happening since trading closed the day before: an overnight fall on Wall Street
5 (Finance ) used to describe a loan that one bank makes to another for a very short period, for example one night: Overnight loans are repayable within 24 hours. The central bank kept the overnight rate at 2.75%.
■ verb /; AmE /
1 [no obj] (especially AmE) (used with an adverb or a preposition) to stay for the night in a particular place: We overnighted at the Grace Hotel.
2 [+ obj] (AmE) to send or transport sth during the night so that it arrives the next day: We overnight fresh fish to restaurants in New York. Your order can be overnighted to your doorstep. |
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