twilight

pronunciation

UK [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] word uk audio image

US [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] word us audio image

n.

黎明，黄昏，暮光
暮年，晚期，晚年
衰退期，没落时期
<电影>暮光之城

Word Origin

twilight 薄暮，黄昏

twi-,二，此处表虚数，light,光线。比喻用法。

Synonym

n.

of night late evening sunset dawn dusk edge half light decline end premonition sundown faint moonrise shank day nightfall gauzy the day's eventide gloam evenfall afternoon darkness

adj.

pale umbrageous shady dark shadowy gloomy obscure crepuscular faint dim lowering dusky darksome tenebrous darkish

Example

1. Nor will the lute sound at the twilight hour .: 鲁特琴也不会在黄昏时刻响起了。

2. By now the blue of twilight is glowing .: 此时，黄昏绽放出蔚蓝色的霞光。

3. In the twilight of his life , stevens learns what love is all about .: 而当生命的黄昏来临时，史蒂夫真正了解了爱的意义。

4. I am small and she is rocking me in the twilight , perhaps even in a rocking chair .: 我身型很小，她可以在黄昏摇晃我，甚至可以在一个摇椅里面摇晃。

5. After a twilight period both the bias and the trend are reversed and reinforce each other in the opposite direction .: 在一个黄昏阶段之后，偏见和趋势会反向，以和之前相反的方向彼此强化。

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