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

dusk

/dʌsk

noun

1The darker stage of twilight: dusk was falling rapidly working the land from dawn to dusk...

Summer is also wonderful because of the mid-week fell races that come with the light evenings and go in the Autumn when early dusks reappear.
You will only placate them until you are finished with the days, the dawns, the dusks, the sky, the moon.
Lucas sat by the fire staring into the flames as he saw the dusk of night slowly falling.

Synonyms

twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day;

dark, darkness, semi-darkness, gathering darkness, gloom, gloominess, murk, murkiness, shades of evening

literary gloaming, eventide, eve, even, evenfall

rare tenebrosity, owl light, crepuscule

1.1 [mass noun] literary Semi-darkness: the dusk of the vestry...

The island was enveloped in the shades of dusk and the wind from the sea was extremely cold.

verb [no object] literary

Grow dark: (as adjective dusking) he saw the lights blaze in the dusking sky...

I watch the horizon dusking ripe and remember the darkness of that one film - the scene, that scene, when she collapses.
The night of the dance dawned - or should I say dusked?
She gazed into his troubled face, dark hair falling across green eyes, sunlight dusking his pale skin, like fate waking up to morning air.

adjective literary

Shadowy, dim, or dark: the dusk demesnes of night...

She refused to be startled by the shifting dusk shadows.
They used the dusk shadows to their advantage by hiding in them.
From the valley comes a drumbeat of hooves as a tall horse gallops through the dusk shadows, bare but for a slim, young boy.

Origin

Old English dox 'dark, swarthy' and doxian 'darken in colour', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin 'darkish'; compare with dun¹ The noun dates from the early 17th century The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English.

单词	dusk
释义	dusk /dʌsk / noun 1The darker stage of twilight: dusk was falling rapidly working the land from dawn to dusk... Summer is also wonderful because of the mid-week fell races that come with the light evenings and go in the Autumn when early dusks reappear. You will only placate them until you are finished with the days, the dawns, the dusks, the sky, the moon. Lucas sat by the fire staring into the flames as he saw the dusk of night slowly falling. Synonyms twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day; dark, darkness, semi-darkness, gathering darkness, gloom, gloominess, murk, murkiness, shades of evening literary gloaming, eventide, eve, even, evenfall rare tenebrosity, owl light, crepuscule 1.1 [mass noun] literary Semi-darkness: the dusk of the vestry... The island was enveloped in the shades of dusk and the wind from the sea was extremely cold. verb [no object] literary Grow dark: (as adjective dusking) he saw the lights blaze in the dusking sky... I watch the horizon dusking ripe and remember the darkness of that one film - the scene, that scene, when she collapses. The night of the dance dawned - or should I say dusked? She gazed into his troubled face, dark hair falling across green eyes, sunlight dusking his pale skin, like fate waking up to morning air. adjective literary Shadowy, dim, or dark: the dusk demesnes of night... She refused to be startled by the shifting dusk shadows. They used the dusk shadows to their advantage by hiding in them. From the valley comes a drumbeat of hooves as a tall horse gallops through the dusk shadows, bare but for a slim, young boy. Origin Old English dox 'dark, swarthy' and doxian 'darken in colour', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin 'darkish'; compare with dun¹ The noun dates from the early 17th century The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English. Rhymes busk, husk, musk, rusk, tusk
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