twilight

noun

/ˈtwaɪlaɪt/

[uncountable]Idioms

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the small amount of light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down
- in the twilight It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight.
- at twilight We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.
compare dusk
Wordfinder
- daylight
- eclipse
- equinox
- ray
- rise
- solar
- solstice
- the sun
- twilight
- the universe
Extra Examples
- She stared into the gathering twilight.
- They gazed up at the twilight sky.
- in the twilight hour before dawn
- These animals are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk.
Topics Spacec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gathering
twilight + noun
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
preposition
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
phrases
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
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the final stage of something when it becomes weaker or less important than it was
- She was in the twilight of her career by then.
- He spent his twilight years (= the last years of his life) living with his daughter in Bristol.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gathering
twilight + noun
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
preposition
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
phrases
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun light.

Idioms

a/the twilight world (of something) | the twilight zone

a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things
- the twilight world of the occult
- The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings.
- the twilight zone between living and merely existing
- They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.

单词	twilight
释义	twilight noun /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/ /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results the small amount of light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down in the twilight It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight. at twilight We went for a walk along the beach at twilight. compare dusk Wordfinder daylight eclipse equinox ray rise solar solstice the sun twilight the universe Extra Examples She stared into the gathering twilight. They gazed up at the twilight sky. in the twilight hour before dawn These animals are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk. Topics Spacec2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective gathering twilight + noun sky hour world … preposition at twilight in the twilight into the twilight … phrases in the twilight of your career, life, etc. See full entry the final stage of something when it becomes weaker or less important than it was She was in the twilight of her career by then. He spent his twilight years (= the last years of his life) living with his daughter in Bristol. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective gathering twilight + noun sky hour world … preposition at twilight in the twilight into the twilight … phrases in the twilight of your career, life, etc. See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun light. Idioms a/the twilight world (of something) \| the twilight zone a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things the twilight world of the occult The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings. the twilight zone between living and merely existing They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.
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