1ADV [ADVERB after verb]在整个夜间;在夜里的某一时刻 If something happens overnight, it happens throughout the night or at some point during the night. 在整个夜间;在夜里的某一时刻
The weather remained calm overnight.
整晚都悄然无风。
The decision was reached overnight.
决定是在夜里作出的。
Overnight a man died after being shot and wounded yesterday.
昨天一名男子遭枪击受伤,于夜间死亡。
Overnight is also an adjective.
Travel and overnight accommodation are included.
旅行与晚间的食宿包括在内。
Overnight buying in the Far East also helped the dollar.
远东的夜间买入也帮助了美元。
2ADV [ADVERB after verb]突然;一下子;一夜之间 You can say that something happens overnight when it happens very quickly and unexpectedly. 突然;一下子;一夜之间
The rules are not going to change overnight.
这些规定不会说变就变。
He's realistic enough to know he's not going to succeed overnight.
他很现实,知道自己的成功不会一蹴而就。
Almost overnight, she had aged ten years and become fat.
她几乎一夜之间老了10岁,人也胖了。
Overnight is also an adjective.
In 1970 he became an overnight success in America.
1970年,他在美国一夜成名。
3ADJ [ADJ n]只供一两晚使用的Overnight bags or clothes are ones that you take when you go and stay somewhere for one or two nights. 只供一两晚使用的
He realized he'd left his overnight bag at Mary's house.
他意识到自己把过夜包落在玛丽家了。
4VERB 过夜 If you overnight somewhere, you spend the night there. 过夜
They had told her she would be overnighting in Sydney. [VERB prep./adv.]