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night-hawk (n.)
[night-hawk 词源字典]
from 1610s in reference to various birds, from
night
+
hawk
(n.). Figurative sense of "one who stays up and is active at night" is from 1818.
[night-hawk etymology, night-hawk origin, 英语词源]