red-eye

Thân thiện

The candidate took a red-eye flight to arrive in time for the morning rally.

Definition

1. Verb (intransitive): To travel on an overnight flight, typically one that is long, tiring, and arrives very early in the morning or late at night.

Usage

The verb "to red-eye" is used to describe the specific action of taking a flight that departs late at night and arrives early the next morning. It implies a journey that is often chosen for schedule or cost reasons but results in fatigue. It is typically followed by a prepositional phrase indicating the route (e.g., from...to...).

Examples

• Verb:
  • I had to red-eye from New York to Los Angeles for the morning meeting.
  • To save on hotel costs, we red-eyed back home after the conference.
  • She red-eyes to the West Coast so frequently that she's used to the lack of sleep.

Advanced Usage

• The term originates from the red, tired appearance of passengers' eyes after a sleepless overnight flight. As a verb, it is informal and primarily used in American English.
• It can sometimes be used attributively as a noun modifier, though this is a different part of speech (e.g., ). The core verb form refers solely to the act of traveling on such a flight.

Variants and Related Words

• Red-eye (noun): 1. The overnight flight itself. 2. (Informal) The phenomenon of red eyes in photographs caused by camera flash.
• Red-eye flight (noun phrase): The specific type of overnight flight.

Synonyms

• Take an overnight flight: A more formal and descriptive phrase with the same meaning.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• Catch a red-eye: This is a common collocation meaning to take an overnight flight.

Học thuật

Verb

1. travel on an overnight flight
   • The candidate red-eyed from California to the East Coast the night before the election to give a last stump speech