twilight
英 [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] 美 [ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt]

n.

黎明，黄昏，暮光；暮年，晚期，晚年；衰退期，没落时期；暮光之城

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U]黄昏；黎明 the time when night is about to become day or (more usually) when day is about to become night

英英释义

twilight

• n.
  • the time of day immediately following sunset

    "he loved the twilight"

    同义词：duskgloaminggloamnightfallevenfallfallcrepusculecrepuscle

  • the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
  • a condition of decline following successes

    "in the twilight of the empire"

• adj.lighted by or as if by twilight

  "the twilight glow of the sky"

  同义词：duskytwilit

词组短语

twilight zone n. 城市贫穷地区；界限分明的两者之间的模糊状态

evening twilight昏影；黄昏蒙影；暮光

同近义词辨析

dawn, twilight, dusk

这组词都有“黎明，黄昏”的意思，其区别是：

dawn指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。

twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。

dusk指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Twilight merged into total darkness.
   暮色四合，渐而一片漆黑。
2. She often sits in the garden at twilight.
   黄昏时分她常常坐在花园里。
3. Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.
   在微光中看书有损目力
4. Wrestling is in a twilight zone between sport and entertainment.
   摔跤是介於运动和娱乐两者之间的活动。
5. The old man is in the twilight of his career.
   这老人已经进入了他生涯的晚期。

权威例句

Twilight Memories: Marking Time in a Culture of Amnesia
From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae
From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
Improving the quality of twilight-zone alignments
Fish Behaviour by Day, Night and Twilight
Fish Behaviour by Day, Night and Twilight
Thermospheric O I 844.6-nm emission in twilight
From twilight to the highlight: the physics of supernovae, Proceedings of the ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop
Simultaneous retrieval of the solar EUV flux and neutral thermospheric O, O2, N2, and temperature from twilight airglow