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

westering

/ˈwɛst(ə)rɪŋ

adjective literary

(Especially of the sun) nearing the west: the last rays of the westering sun...

The westering sun speeds us home, but not before we spot Jain monks meditating in eternal silence on the heat-cracked, scrub-bearded red earth beyond the town.
The whole scene is so primeval that we would stand gaping all afternoon if the westering arc of the sun didn't jog us on our way.
Although routes made by westering European Americans made up only a tiny portion of all the trails across the West, they are the ones that define the West's historical outlines.

Mid 17th century: from the literary verb wester, from west.

单词	westering
释义	westering /ˈwɛst(ə)rɪŋ / adjective literary (Especially of the sun) nearing the west: the last rays of the westering sun... The westering sun speeds us home, but not before we spot Jain monks meditating in eternal silence on the heat-cracked, scrub-bearded red earth beyond the town. The whole scene is so primeval that we would stand gaping all afternoon if the westering arc of the sun didn't jog us on our way. Although routes made by westering European Americans made up only a tiny portion of all the trails across the West, they are the ones that define the West's historical outlines. Origin Mid 17th century: from the literary verb wester, from west.
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