| 单词 | twilight |
| 释义 | twilight (once / 343 pages) nadj The time just after sunset, when the light is half-faded, but the world is not yet totally dark, is twilight. If you are between two states, like asleep and awake, that can also be called a twilight moment. Twilight comes just before the night falls. The early light, just before sunrise, is also technically called "twilight" but most people call it "dawn." The prefix twi- might be a clue that twilight happens twice a day, or it could mean "half," as in the half-light of this time. Something that is declining can be described as twilight — like the twilight of the trend of wearing plastic clogs favored by nurses and chefs. WORD FAMILYtwilight: twilights USAGE EXAMPLES“The large-scale trade of ivory now faces its twilight years, and the future is brighter for wild elephants.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Even today, in her twilight years, Hylick said Johnson still asks, “What did you learn today?” Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) On that sunrise morning, his life spun into the Twilight Zone. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1n the time of day immediately following sunset he loved the twilight Syn|Hypo|Hyper crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall night a shortening of nightfall hour, time of day clock time 2n the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth Hyper light, visible light, visible radiation (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation 3n a condition of decline following successes in the twilight of the empire Hyper declination, decline a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state 4adj lighted by or as if by twilight the twilight glow of the sky Syn dusky, twilit dark devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black |
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