nighthawk

1. An owl is the king of the night. Postscript: The Tacoma Nighthawk
   猫头鹰是夜晚之王。后记：塔科马的夜鹰
2. "Operation Nighthawk," for instance, showed that someone grabbing a cab at Kennedy Airport runs a66% risk of being overcharged for a ride to Manhattan.
   譬如，“夜鹰计划”说明，在肯尼迪机场搭出租车去曼哈顿有百分之六十六的危险被超额收费。
3. He is a nighthawk, always hanging around in the night clubs.
   他是个夜游神，常在夜总会流连忘返。
4. Any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc.
   与夜晚有关的鸟；猫头鹰，夜莺，夜鹰，其它。
5. China may have bought parts of US F-117 Nighthawk shot down over Serbia in1999 and gleaned knowledge from them.
   中国可能购买了1999年在塞尔维亚被击落的夜鹰F-117的机件并获取了相关知识。
6. Working through the1980 editions, I came across a photo of a black jazz musician, a tenor saxophone player named john "nighthawk" cummings.
   在翻阅一九八零年的报纸时我见到一张黑人爵士乐演奏者的照片，是一个名叫约翰。“夜鹰”。卡明斯的高音萨克斯管吹奏手。

noun

1. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

   Synonym:    bullbatmosquito hawk

2. a person who likes to be active late at night

   Synonym:    night owlnightbird