One in ten of us is an up-at-dawn, raring-to-go early bird, or lark. About two in ten are owls, who enjoy staying up long past midnight. The rest of us, those in the middle, whom we call hummingbirds, may be ready for action both early and late. Some hummingbirds are more larkish, and others, more owlish.

十分之一的人每日早起

我們稱之為"earlybird"或“lark(百靈鳥)”

也就是早期的鳥兒

而五分之一的人習慣晚睡

通常熬夜到后半夜

我們稱之為“night owls”

也就是夜晚的貓頭鷹

(中文則是“夜貓子”)

其他人生活并不規律

隨時準備早期或熬夜

我們稱之為“hummingbird(蜂鳥)”

No. 1

night owl 夜貓子

owl n. 貓頭鷹 大家知道，貓頭鷹通常是夜晚出來活動。那么晚上的貓頭鷹，則是最活躍的貓頭鷹。一到晚上就精神的不睡覺，就是night owl.

【例如】

Since Philip has started work on his book he has become a night owl.

自從開始寫書以來，菲利普成一個夜貓子。

有時，我們也可以說“night person”

【例如】

You are really a night person, you stay up very late last night。

你真是個夜貓子，昨晚那么晚才睡。

No.2

burn the midnight oil 開夜車，或工作/學習到深夜

burn the midnight oil ：to stay up late working on a project or task.

burn 本身表示燃燒。midnight是午夜。oil是油。從短語本身看，burn the midnight oil 就是深夜了還點著燈，燒著燈油。引申為深夜不睡覺，還在熬夜看書或工作。

【例如】

Now he could burn the midnight oil unmolested.

現在他可以不受干擾地開夜車了。

Buring the midnights oil is never a good idea.

開夜車總不是一個好辦法。

No.3

stay up : 熬夜

to remain awake and out of bed later than usual.

【例如】

I used to stay up late with my mom and watch movies.

我以前總是和媽媽一起熬夜看電影。

No.4

insomnia n. 失眠

很多夜貓子是因為失眠才輾轉發側吧?

【例如】

Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.

憂慮和緊張會導致失眠。

No.5

pull an all-nighter 熬通宵

To remain awake all night long, especially so as to study or to complete something.

【例如】

Jeff pulled an all-nighter on Thursday to get his report finished for work by the deadline today, so I don’t think he’ll be coming out with us tonight.

杰夫周二為了在截止日期前趕完工作報告熬了通宵，我想他今晚不會出來參加我們的聚會了。