单词 | blue hour |
释义 | > as lemmasblue hour blue hour n. the period of time just before sunrise or just after sunset when the sun casts a diffuse light from below the horizon, and the sky takes on a vivid blue tone.Cf. golden hour n. (b) at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2a, magic hour n. ΚΠ 1875 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 89/2 What a deal of talk, by the way, the birds get through in that blue hour which they have all to themselves, before any other mortals..know that it is day! 1936 Daily Mail 9 Mar. 22/3 Slowly the time went and slowly the sky became dusky. The blue hour! The loveliest hour of the day. 2013 K. Kwan Crazy Rich Asians iii. xx. 402 Across the bay, the blue hour was settling in, and the crowd of skyscrapers lining the marina seemed to glisten in the balmy air. < as lemmas |
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