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Sep 27, 2010 · Sep 27, 2010. #5. rassdahal said: yeah i also think there 's a difference between over a night and overnight. over a night refers to in one night but overnight refers to for the given night. I guess I don't see the difference between the two as you have described them. I think both mean over the course of a single night -- let's say dusk to dawn.
Jan 15, 2015 · "All night" is the normal phrase in many situations. I tend to use "overnight" as an adjective: ...an overnight stay in Limon, Colorado. "Overnight" is sometimes used as an adverb that means "during the (whole) night". That's how it's used in this example of yours: How I Started Slow Cooking Overnight This sentence is strange.
Feb 12, 2012 · Feb 12, 2012. #2. In that case you would simply say "a 3 night stay" (not stays). An overnight stay is a one night stay, three of them would mean you had an overnight stay at place 1, then another at place 2 (or place 1 again but not in continuity), and then a third one somewhere else. You cannot have three overnight stays in continuity at the ...
Mar 25, 2022 · Mar 25, 2022. #2. We don't usually "take" journeys. However, an "overnight journey" is one that is through the night. It might not be for the whole night, and a train that left at one in the morning and got to London at five might still be called an "overnight journey", although usually we use "overnight" for something longer than four hours.
May 29, 2008 · Merci Octave !! Je n'étais pas sûre qu'il y avait un sens caché derrière cette expression
May 7, 2010 · Romanian. Feb 11, 2009. #1. Hello, everybody! I am translating a text about small bowel capsule endoscopy and I've come across the collocation: "overnight fast". The context is: "Despite the lack of any clinical study on this field, all Authors used an overnight fast. An agreement has been reached, basically on the ground of two studies, about ...
Jul 24, 2016 · The snow falling overnight has caused traffic chaos. [= The snow that fell overnight has caused traffic chaos.] The snow falling overnight has turned to ice. [= The snow that fell overnight has turned to ice.] Another issue is whether falling here is really a participle or is meant to be a gerund.
Sep 2, 2014 · 用overnight造句并翻译. #合辑# 机票是越早买越便宜吗？. 1. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight." “该死的，等一下”，明迪愤愤地说道，“谁也没说过要过夜。. 2. The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight. 流通领域的货币供应 ...
May 3, 2020 · b. overnight P.S. these expressions (especially "he stayed for the night") can be understood as a euphemism for "we had sex" (to me, "overnight" lacks such an implication.) However, I think this interpretation is absolutely context dependent. As far as I'm concerned, they both mean the same and properly acceptable in this particular context for me.
Jan 4, 2019 · Jan 4, 2019. #3. Uncle Jack said: It isn't at all common. It can only mean Wednesday night and continuing into Thursday morning, but seems to imply a reasonably long period of time; "overnight" usually means several hours, longer than I would have thought it would have taken for a ship to dock.
