英语词汇“dusk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	dusk
释义	Trends of dusk View usage for: dusk (dʌsk) 1. uncountable noun Dusk is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. We arrived home at dusk. Synonyms: twilight, evening, evo [Australian, slang], nightfall More Synonyms of dusk 2. uncountable noun [also the N] The dusk is the dull, shadowy light there is at dusk. [literary] She turned and disappeared into the dusk. Synonyms: shade, darkness, gloom, obscurity More Synonyms of dusk dusk in British English (dʌsk) noun 1. twilight or the darker part of twilight 2. poetic gloom; shade adjective 3. poetic shady; gloomy verb 4. poetic to make or become dark Word origin Old English dox; related to Old Saxon dosan brown, Old High German tusin yellow, Norwegian dusmen misty, Latin fuscus dark brown dusk in American English (dʌsk) adjective 1. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic dark in color; dusky; shadowy noun 2. the time of evening when it is beginning to get dark; dim part of twilight 3. gloom; dusky quality verb transitive, verb intransitive 4. to make or become dusky or shadowy Word origin ME, by metathesis < OE dox, dark-colored: for IE base see dun1 Examples of 'dusk' in a sentence dusk It likes to catch the moths that swarm round a light at dusk. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Of missing daytime to dusk to night. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Instead buy a timer and set lamps to come on at dusk. The Sun (2014) But the best time came at dusk. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Plus the chance to be taken by a forest ranger on a walk through the trees at dusk and at night. The Sun (2013) The majority of vandals struck at dusk or after dark, with street lighting proving no deterrent. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Only pop them on at dusk and night when they'll have the most effect. The Sun (2015) As dusk became night time, the crowd lit candles and tied flowers to lampposts. The Sun (2015) He comes out at dusk, and sits round waiting for the bats. Louisa May Alcott Little Men (1871) In July, dusk barely comes. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Before dusk they had come, galloping boldly up to the hall in the manner befitting conquerors, to demand the surrender of the town. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE In other languages dusk British English: dusk /dʌsk/ NOUN Dusk is the time just before night when it is not yet completely dark. We arrived home at dusk. American English: dusk Arabic: غَسَق Brazilian Portuguese: anoitecer Chinese: 黄昏 Croatian: sumrak Czech: soumrak Danish: tusmørke Dutch: schemering European Spanish: anochecer Finnish: iltahämärä French: crépuscule German: Abenddämmerung Greek: σούρουπο Italian: crepuscolo Japanese: 夕暮れ Korean: 해질녘 Norwegian: skumring Polish: zmierzch European Portuguese: anoitecer Romanian: amurg Russian: сумерки Latin American Spanish: anochecer Swedish: skymning Thai: เวลาเย็นก่อนค่ำ Turkish: alacakaranlık Ukrainian: сутінки Vietnamese: hoàng hôn Chinese translation of 'dusk' dusk (dʌsk) n (u) 黄(黃)昏 (huánghūn) at dusk 黄(黃)昏时(時)刻 (huánghūn shíkè) 1 (noun) in the sense of twilight Definition the time just before nightfall when it is almost dark We arrived home at dusk. Synonyms twilight They returned at twilight and set off for the bar. evening Finally, towards late evening, the carnival entered its final stage. evo (Australian, slang) nightfall We started work at dawn and stopped at nightfall. sunset The dance ends at sunset. dark after dark sundown eventide gloaming (Scottish, poetic) Opposites morning , dawn , daybreak , dawning , sunlight , daylight , aurora (poetic) , sunup , cockcrow 2 (noun) in the sense of shade (poetic) She turned and disappeared into the dusk. Synonyms shade darkness The room was plunged into darkness. gloom the gloom of a foggy November morning obscurity the vast branches vanished into deep indigo obscurity above my head murk shadowiness Additional synonyms in the sense of dark Definition night or nightfall after dark Synonyms night, twilight, evening, evo (Australian, slang), dusk, night-time, nightfall in the sense of darkness The room was plunged into darkness. Synonyms dark, shadows, shade, gloom, obscurity, blackness, murk, dimness, murkiness, duskiness, shadiness in the sense of evening Definition the latter part of the day, esp. from late afternoon until nightfall Finally, towards late evening, the carnival entered its final stage. Synonyms dusk (archaic), night, sunset, twilight, sundown, eve, vesper (archaic), eventide (archaic, poetic), gloaming (Scottish, poetic), e'en (archaic, poetic), close of day, crepuscule, even, evo (Australian, slang) Synonyms of 'dusk' dusk Explore 'dusk' in the dictionary
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