graveyard shift
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈɡreɪv.jɑːd ˌʃɪft]
- 美式音标 [ˈɡreɪv.jɑːrd ˌʃɪft]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 夜班；全体夜班的工人
同根派生
英汉例句
- Mr. A started working the graveyard shift last month.
先生上个月开始上夜班。 - She needed someone on the graveyard shift, 11 at night until seven in the morning.
她需要人来值夜班，从晚上11点到早上7点。 - One night a police officer named Mike returned home at 3:00 a.m. after working the graveyard shift.
有个警察叫迈克，这天他下了夜班回到家已经是凌晨3点了。 - Past research has linked the graveyard shift to certain health issues, in part because it disrupts our circadian rhythm and shifts body chemistry.
FORBES: Environmental Risks For Breast Cancer: What You Need To Know - Jet lag makes you overeat, and graveyard shift workers face significant health risks including diabetes, obesity, heart attack and stroke from defying their natural circadian rhythms.
FORBES: Holiday Overindulgence Got You Down? Blame Your 'Food Clock' - You and me got the graveyard shift this week.
NPR: Excerpt: 'The Assassins Gallery'
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- a period of work, for example in a factory, that begins late at night and ends early in the morning
- If someone works the graveyard shift, they work during the night.
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专业释义
- 夜班