the small hours

(also the wee small hours British English) the early morning hours, between about one and four o’clock 凌晨时分〔约凌晨1点到4点〕

in/into the small hours

He finally fell exhausted into bed in the small hours.

凌晨时分他终于筋疲力尽地上了床。

The party continued into the wee small hours.

派对一直进行到凌晨。

Examples from the Corpus

in/into the small hours• Clearly he saw nothing odd about business meetings in the small hours.• In fact my whole being was permeated by the leaden-armed pervading weakness one feels when forced to work in the small hours.• Lying awake in the small hours, after falling asleep quickly, can become another maddening habit.• She was found in the small hours, more than half-way up, scrabbling at a window as if for air.• Finally it was Trondur in the small hours of the morning who succeeded.• But he'd had that last night - or rather, in the small hours of the morning.• If you plan to stay up on election night, you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza.• Nutty lay awake in the small hours, worrying herself stupid.

→ the small hours at small1(9)

词汇	the small hours
释义	the small hours the small hours (also the wee small hours British English) the early morning hours, between about one and four o’clock 凌晨时分〔约凌晨1点到4点〕 in/into the small hours He finally fell exhausted into bed in the small hours. 凌晨时分他终于筋疲力尽地上了床。 The party continued into the wee small hours. 派对一直进行到凌晨。 Examples from the Corpus in/into the small hours• Clearly he saw nothing odd about business meetings in the small hours.• In fact my whole being was permeated by the leaden-armed pervading weakness one feels when forced to work in the small hours.• Lying awake in the small hours, after falling asleep quickly, can become another maddening habit.• She was found in the small hours, more than half-way up, scrabbling at a window as if for air.• Finally it was Trondur in the small hours of the morning who succeeded.• But he'd had that last night - or rather, in the small hours of the morning.• If you plan to stay up on election night, you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza.• Nutty lay awake in the small hours, worrying herself stupid. → the small hours at small1(9)
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