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vespertine

/ves-per-tin, -tahyn/US // ˈvɛs pər tɪn, -ˌtaɪn //UK // (ˈvɛspəˌtaɪn) //

维斯伯丁

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
    • : Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
    • : Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.

Examples

  • Up Broadway Chandler moved with the vespertine dress parade.

  • The vespertine hour was nigh, and over this iron landscape there floated the moon, an opal button in the sky.

  • Odors from strong bacon and boiling coffee contended against the cut-plug fumes from the vespertine pipe.