Late-night names things that happen when the evening is already over — the hours when a lot of people are in bed, or at least should be.

Late-night Late-night names講的是 when the evening is already over傍晚已經結束之後 things that happen才發生的事 — the hours那些鐘點 a lot of people很多人 are in bed都已經在床上 or at least should be或至少應該在了。

A late-night snack is food you eat then. Late-night television is the show that starts when the prime-time programmes have finished. A late-night bus is the one that still runs after the usual last trains.

A late-night snack一份 late-night 的點心 is food you eat then就是你在那個時間吃的東西。 Late-night television Late-night 的電視節目 is是 when the prime-time programmes have finished黃金時段節目播完之後 the show that starts才開始的那種節目。 A late-night bus一班 late-night 的公車 is是 after the usual last trains在平常末班火車之後 the one that still runs仍然在跑的那一班。

It almost always sits in front of a noun, like a label for that time-slot. People stretch how late counts as late-night: eleven at night can already be late-night TV; two in the morning with noodles is definitely a late-night meal. It is ordinary English, not fancy and not rude.

It它 almost always幾乎總是 sits in front of a noun放在名詞前面 like像 for that time-slot那個時段的 a label標籤。 People人們 stretch會伸縮 how late counts as late-night多晚才算 late-night： eleven at night晚上十一點 can already be就可以算是 late-night TV late-night 的電視； two in the morning with noodles凌晨兩點配著麵 is definitely絕對是 a late-night meal深夜的一餐。 It它 is ordinary English是普通的英文 not fancy不花俏 and not rude也不粗魯。

Do not mix it with last night, which only means the night that has just gone. You can be up late last night without calling it a late-night anything; late-night is the kind of night, not a report of when you slept.

Do not mix it with別把它跟 last night last night 搞混 which only means那個只是指 the night that has just gone剛剛過去的那個晚上。 You你 last night昨天晚上 can be up late可以熬得很晚 without calling it卻不必把它叫成 a late-night anything late-night 的什麼； late-night late-night is是 the kind of night夜的種類 not不是 a report of when you slept你幾點睡的報告。