| 单词 | twilight world |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwilight world twilight world n. (a) a shadowy region; (b) a world characterized by uncertainty, obscurity, or decline; (c) the world which comes to life after sunset, characterized by merry-making or criminal activities. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] twilight world1887 night out1890 nightlife1913 nightclubbing1925 night scene1992 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun] > place > region twilight world1887 twilight zone1909 shadowland1923 dark side1975 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition > world characterized by twilight world1887 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > world of criminals twilight world1887 underworld1900 milieu1972 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 186 Down to the twilight world and the gloom where the buried rest. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxvi. 281 I mention this episode as one example of the ambiguities of the twilight world in which we lived. 1963 Times 8 May 6/7 But in this unhappy twilight world in which we live in a state of truce—neither peace nor war. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 117 Twilight world, the world of all-night parties. 1977 D. Seaman Committee 116 The twilight world of the mentally ill. 1977 ‘J. D. White’ Salzburg Affair v. 45 The twilight world that exists in every city..the doctor who will tend a bullet wound, the hotel that will provide accommodation without papers. < as lemmas |
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