midnight是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 午夜， 子夜， 夜半，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At midnight the wind freshened, and before long the cracking of the masts, and the rattling of the cordage, and groaning of the timbers, awakened the passengers, who speedily made their appearance on deck—at least Paganel, Glenarvan, the Major and Robert.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Towards midnight our talk of London died away, and we stood side by side leaning over the bulwarks and staring dreamily over the silent, starlit sea, each pursuing his own thoughts.
-- He lurked noiseless and invisible in the bushes through which I had run from him during that midnight pursuit.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The song of pleasant stations beside the salt lagoons, The song of blowing squadrons that shuffled down the dunes, The song of midnight dances that churned the sea to flame The Beaches of Lukannon before the sealers came!
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollections; nor was there any ear in the provinces so deaf as not to have drunk in with avidity the narrative of some fearful tale of midnight murder, in which the natives of the forests were the principal and barbarous actors.
-- At instants of momentary wakefulness he mistook a bush for his associ-ate sentinel; his head next sank upon his shoulder, which, in its turn, sought the support of the ground; and, finally, his whole person became relaxed and pliant, and the young man sank into a deep sleep, dreaming that he was a knight of ancient chivalry, holding his midnight vigils before the tent of a recaptured princess, whose favor he did not despair of gaining, by such a proof of devotion and watchfulness.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those parts, who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head, and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being be-lated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak.
-- He affirmed that on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire.
-- Ichabod, who had no relish for this strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of the adventure of Brom Bones with the Galloping Hessian, now quickened his steed in hopes of leaving him behind.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Towards midnight the stars shone out, and if the engineer had been there with his companions he would have remarked that these stars did not belong to the Northern Hemisphere.
-- The distance between Flotsam Point and Granite House was another four miles, and it was midnight when, after having followed the shore to the mouth of the Mercy, the settlers arrived at the first angle formed by the Mercy.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- By this time it wanted but a few minutes of midnight and I rose to go, which recalled him to himself.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Towards midnight the sea suddenly resumed its usual colour; but behind us, even to the limits of the horizon, the sky reflected the whitened waves, and for a long time seemed impregnated with the vague glimmerings of an aurora borealis.
-- Midnight was near.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At eleven o'clock of another evening, perhaps two weeks later, he was at the midnight offering of a loaf--waiting patiently.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After midnight the people on shore went to bed, and then for two or three hours the shores was black no more sparks in the cabin windows.
-- It warn't quite midnight yet, so we cleared out for the mill, leaving Jim at work.
-- They will sneak down from northards, along the fence, at midnight exact, with a false key, and go in the nigger's cabin to get him.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At midnight we'll start out again, for at dawn tomorrow we must be at the Field of Wonders."
-- Remember to call us at midnight sharp, for we must continue on our journey."
-- It was the Innkeeper who had come to tell him that midnight had struck.
-- Then they said, 'Let us stop at the Inn of the Red Lobster for dinner and after midnight we'll set out again.'
-- A few minutes later midnight struck; then one o'clock--two o'clock.
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