vesper
/ves-per/US // ˈvɛs pər //UK // (ˈvɛspə) //
维斯帕,维斯珀,维斯伯,维斯普
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- : Also called vesper bell . a bell rung at evening.
- : vespers,Ecclesiastical. a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening.the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late afternoon or the evening.Roman Catholic Church.a part of the office to be said in the evening by those in major orders, frequently made a public ceremony in the afternoons or evenings of Sundays and holy days.Anglican Church.evensong.
- : Archaic. evening.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening.
- : of or relating to vespers.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounevening
Forms: vespers
Synonyms
black黑色,黑,黑人,黑色的close关闭,密切,结束,靠近dark黑,黑黑的,暗色,暗decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降dusk傍晚时分,黄昏时分,黄昏,傍晚时份duskiness黄昏,黄昏时分,昏暗,暮色eve除夕,除夕夜,前夕,除夕之夜even甚至,甚至于,即使是这样,即使是这样的eventide事件,活动,事件的发生,事件发生gloaming阴霾,阴郁,阴郁的,阴沉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sunset日落,夕阳,落日,夕阳西下twilight暮色,暮光之城,昏暗,黄昏dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光early black早期黑色,早期的黑色,早期黑,早期的黑late afternoon傍晚时分,午后,傍晚,晚间
Examples
At another time she took from Bouvard twenty sous, which she placed at vesper-time in the sacristans collecting-plate.
Like the meadowlark again, the vesper sparrow occasionally sings as it soars upward from its grassy home.
Its habit of singing later in the evening gave it the name of “Vesper.”
His attention was constantly interrupted by the little flutter of color made more distinct by a vesper before the photograph.
Would you could have heard that vesper hymn stealing hirsute through the mellow evening-air!
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