night shift
A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hoursA regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours.
» Tom refused to work the night shift.
Том відмовився працювати у нічну зміну.
Meaning
2 sensesA regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours.
Near-synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes coordinate)
I prefer to work the night shift, but I take the day shift in stride.
Nachtschicht
ночна́я сме́наnočnája sména
нічна змінаnična zmina
the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
A group of workers who work during the night.
Near-synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes coordinate)
You'll have to ask the night shift — the equipment was here when we left.
Nachtschicht
ночна́я сме́наnočnája sména
нічна змінаnična zmina
workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
Examples
80 sentencesTom refused to work the night shift.
Том відмовився працювати у нічну зміну. — deniko
Tom works the night shift.
Том працює в нічну зміну. — older
ruТом работает в ночную смену. — Selena777
deTom hat Nachtschicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom refuses to work the night shift.
Том відмовляється працювати у нічну зміну. — deniko
Tom is working the night shift.
Tom is now working night shift.
Translations
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Forms
plural: night shiftsSynonyms
1 synonyms- workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.):graveyard shift
- the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.):graveyard shift