一、含义不同
1.evening
释义:n. 晚上;傍晚;晚会。
2.night
释义:n. 夜晚。
二、用法不同
1.evening
用法:evening作“傍晚,黄昏,晚上”解时,指晚饭后、下班后或者日落后到就寝前这段时间,可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。evening还可作联欢性、娱乐性的“晚会”解,这时是可数名词。
2.tonight
用法:tonight用作名词的意思是“今晚”,是不可数名词,其前面不加冠词,可用所有格形式作定语。
3.night
用法:night意为“夜晚”,所指的时间一般从下午6点到第二天上午6点,也可指从日落到日出这段时间,还可指从夜间睡下到次日起床这段时间。night是抽象名词,故其前通常不加the,但特指时则要加the。
三、拓展:midnight指午夜;afternight指后半夜。
1、Geranium, Rosemary, Carrot Seed, Evening Primrose, Whwatgerm and so on.
天竺葵、迷迭香、胡萝卜籽、月见草、小麦胚芽油等。
2、By day he and all his court were lions, but in the evening they took their right forms again.
在白天,他和他的朝臣们都变成了狮子,但是到了夜晚,他们又会变回原来的样子。
3、I didn't come out of the theatre this evening with a 5-star rating for "No Country For Old Men."
我可不是今晚一出电影院就忙着给“Nocountryforold men”打五分。
4、But Mr Castro is in the late evening of his life.
但卡斯特罗已经快走到人生黄昏的尽头。
5、a rousing finale to an evening of enthralling music
令人心醉的音乐晚会激动人心的终曲
6、Outside the cave mouth the blackness of night was like a curtain.
洞口外面,漆黑的夜晚宛如一块幕布。
7、The lights went on day and night and it was really a waste.
电灯日夜都亮着, 真是浪费。
8、Edie Simmins said she cooked the meat the other night in chicken broth.
伊迪·西敏斯说过,前两天晚上她曾用鸡汤炖肉。
9、He got laid last night by a girl he met at a bar
他昨晚和在酒吧遇到的一个女孩发生了关系。
10、Night follows day as a necessity
白天过去,夜幕降临,这是必然的。