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twilight

/twahy-lahyt/US // ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt //UK // (ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt) //

暮色,暮光之城,昏暗,黄昏

Related Words

sunset日落,夕阳,落日,夕阳西下dusk傍晚时分,黄昏时分,黄昏,傍晚时份decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降evening晚间,傍晚时分,晚上,傍晚end结束,终端,结束语,终止ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震gloaming阴霾,阴郁,阴郁的,阴沉eventide事件,活动,事件的发生,事件发生sundown日落,日落时分,日没,日暮时分night晚上,夜,夜晚,夜间nightfall夜幕降临,傍晚时分,夜幕降临时,入夜dimness昏暗,亮度,黯淡无光,昏暗度afterglow余辉,余光,余晖,余光中half-light半光,半明半暗,半亮,半灯光afterlight后光,余光,余晖,余辉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
    • : the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light prevails.
    • : a terminal period, especially after full development, success, etc.: the twilight of his life.
    • : a state of uncertainty, vagueness, or gloom.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; obscure: in the twilight hours.
    • : appearing or flying at twilight; crepuscular.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounonset of darkness at end of day
Synonyms
dusk傍晚时分,黄昏时分,黄昏,傍晚时份sunset日落,夕阳,落日,夕阳西下afterglow余辉,余光,余晖,余光中decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降dimness昏暗,亮度,黯淡无光,昏暗度ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震end结束,终端,结束语,终止evening晚间,傍晚时分,晚上,傍晚eventide事件,活动,事件的发生,事件发生gloaming阴霾,阴郁,阴郁的,阴沉half-light半光,半明半暗,半亮,半灯光night晚上,夜,夜晚,夜间nightfall夜幕降临,傍晚时分,夜幕降临时,入夜sundown日落,日落时分,日没,日暮时分afterlight后光,余光,余晖,余辉crepuscular light幽暗的光线,昏暗的光线,昏暗的灯光,昏黄的灯光early evening傍晚时分,早晚,早晚时分,傍晚last phase最后阶段,最后一个阶段,最后一期,末期late-afternoon下午晚些时候,午后,傍晚时分,下午晚间

Examples

  • The message to those vaccinated people in this twilight period of the pandemic must be that they are duty-bound to keep up precautions like wearing masks in order to protect others, as an act of social solidarity.

  • By and large, the people I see at civil twilight are doing the same.

  • Elway was in the twilight of his career, but the 37-year-old earned a Pro Bowl nod after throwing for 3,635 yards and 27 touchdowns.

  • Starting there and working west, he’s chasing twilight, looking to hit each boy’s and girl’s home at the appropriate time.

  • Jones had been far more active in his twilight boxing years than Tyson, most recently fighting in 2018 when the former four-division champion scored a 10-round unanimous decision against Scott Sigmon in Jones’s hometown of Pensacola, Fla.

  • Other shows have allowed gender and inequality to inspire some episodes: The Twilight Zone, for example.

  • I do feel there is a gay sensibility in everything I do, including the Twilight movies.

  • When his Twilight movies got lambasted, “that was more expected,” he says.

  • “I know people thought I sold out with Twilight, but I was really excited about it,” he says.

  • The original Twilight Zone is renowned for the acting careers it revived or jump started.

  • It was the darkest hour of twilight, when there was just enough of gleam from the lurid sky, to shew the outline of objects.

  • Almost, he saw her visibly change—here in the twilight of the little Luxor garden by his side.

  • Seven o'clock was the hour fixed for the marriage: it would be twilight then, and dinner over.

  • In dry weather, they are now to be watered with lukewarm water softly showered upon them, between sunset and twilight.

  • We were still one league and a half from the island when the twilight ended and night came on.

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