"lights out" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 熄灯
• 熄灯时间（军队/学校）

Definition

“lights out”指必须关灯的时间，常用于军队、监狱或学校，表示睡觉或安静的时间。也可以指一般意义上的关灯。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常见于军事、学校、监狱等有管理制度的场所，表示固定的熄灯时间。非正式场合可以指睡前关灯，但日常生活中通常不用来单指开关灯。有时也用作比喻‘结束’。

Examples

When the clock strikes ten, it's lights out at the camp.

当钟敲十点时，营地就要**熄灯**了。

Please remember, lights out is at eleven in the dorm.

请记住，宿舍**熄灯**时间是十一点。

After lights out, everyone must be quiet.

**熄灯**后，每个人必须保持安静。

The kids tried to talk after lights out, but the teacher caught them.

孩子们**熄灯**后还想说话，但老师发现了他们。

Just before lights out, we would always tell each other spooky stories.

在**熄灯**之前，我们总会彼此讲恐怖故事。

He was so tired that as soon as it was lights out, he fell asleep instantly.

他累坏了，**熄灯**一到立刻就睡着了。