单词 | nightwork |
例句 | One afternoon, near night, our captain said that he had a requisition for six picked men to do some hazardous nightwork within the enemy's lines, just the kind of duty that Owens detested. From Bull Run to Appomattox Bread for breakfast we must have, and rolls we should like; but we should also like to have these commodities with as little nightwork as possible on the part of those who produce them. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis It had cost him many hours of nightwork and study, had that license as wireless operator. The Pirate Shark I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork. The House by the Church-Yard He was pale with nightwork, and his thoughtful eyes had an old look in serious moments. Heroes of the Telegraph At this period he had the advantage of occasional days of leisure, to which he was entitled by reason of his nightwork; and during such leisure he usually applied himself to reading and study. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Under the paralyzing influence of the stimulant upon the inhibitory nerves, the organism now draws upon the reserve stores of nerve fats and vital energies for the necessary strength to accomplish the extra nightwork. Nature Cure The nightwork this meant was unbearable, infants showing a perverse disinclination to enter the world except under cover of the dark. Australia Felix There it all was as the great New England poet had described it: that masonry out of an unseen quarry, that frolic architecture of the snow, nightwork of the North Wind, fierce artificer. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields I kept three dressmakers ruining their eyes with nightwork, Jack, making up some nifty sports clothes. The Trail of the White Mule |
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