night shift
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈnight shift noun [countable] 1 BECa period of time at night when people regularly work, especially in a factory 〔尤指工厂的〕夜班on the night shift She’s on the night shift this week. 她这星期上夜班。2 BECthe group of people who work on the night shift 上夜班的人 The night shift was just arriving. 上夜班的人正在陆续到来。
Examples from the Corpus
night shift• Half-way through his night shift, coppersmith Norman was paralysed by a rare disease.• Check the night shift log book for any messages or matters to be dealt with. 2.• One time they switched me from the night shift to the day shift, so I worked sixteen hours straight.• She went on the night shift in the pneumonia ward, where she helped dispense care and medicine.• When afternoon came, a doctor asked Martha if she would take the night shift and care for Ted herself.• In order not to miss the fair, he would work the night shift and so have the day tree.• Kim's working the night shift at the hospital.• The night shift finished; the day shift take over.on the night shift• Well it's just the thing to keep the operators going on the night shift.• She went on the night shift in the pneumonia ward, where she helped dispense care and medicine.ˈnight shift nounChineseSyllable
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night shift
ˈnight shift
noun [countable]
1. a period of time at night when people regularly work, especially in a factory
on the night shift
She’s on the night shift this week.
2. the group of people who work on the night shift:
The night shift was just arriving.
ˈnight shift
noun [countable]1. a period of time at night when people regularly work, especially in a factory
on the night shift
2. the group of people who work on the night shift: