twilight

英[ˈtwaɪlaɪt]美[ˈtwaɪlaɪt]

n.黄昏，暮光，*后阶段，衰落时期；

adj.奇妙神秘的，虚幻的，朦眬的，界限模糊的；

例句

You'll most likely see these animals at twilight.黄昏时分你很可能会看到这些动物。

Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

Twilight descends on Tanzania's Kilimanjaro.黎明降临了坦桑尼亚的乞力马扎罗山.

Keane is entering the long twilight of his career.基恩正进入事业的下滑期.

A visitor savors a twilight run along a beach on the island of Tobago.在多巴哥岛黎明的微光里,一位旅者正在海边怡人风光中跑步.

The girls choose their flower, wreathe themselves, and dance in the twilight.女孩子们挑选了花朵, 用花环打扮自己, 然后在黄昏时跳舞.

Now both men are in the twilight of their careers.现在两人的事业都到了没落期。

Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中.

A milky twilight crept about the stairway and the landings below.乳白的黄昏蹑进楼梯和下面的楼梯口.

Homer lived in the twilight of history.荷马(希腊诗人)生于历史上遥远的时代.

同义词

n.

twilight的同义词之：薄暮,黄昏,傍晚,微光

ofnightlateeveningsunsetdawnduskedgehalflightdeclineendpremonitionsundownfaintmoonriseshankdaynightfallgauzytheday'seventidegloamevenfallafternoondarkness

adj.

twilight的同义词之：朦胧的,模糊的,阴暗的,阴郁的

paleumbrageousshadydarkshadowygloomyobscurecrepuscularfaintdimloweringduskydarksometenebrousdarkish

twilight的同义词之：其他释义

nightdawn

同义词解析

以下这些名词含有"黎明，黄昏" 的意思

twilight：指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。

dawn：指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。

dusk：指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。

英语四级真题

I really like these old episodes of "The Twilight Zone" because the stories are fascinating.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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N-UNCOUNT

黄昏;薄暮

Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.

例句

They returned at twilight, and set off for one of the promenade bars.他们黄昏时分回来，然后去了一家步行街酒吧。

N-UNCOUNT

暮光

Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down.

例句

...the deepening autumn twilight.渐浓的秋日暮色

N-SING

*后阶段;衰落时期

The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened.

例句

Now both men are in the twilight of their careers...现在两人的事业都到了没落期。I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.我老了，到了生命的暮年。

ADJ

蒙眬的;含混的;界限模糊的

A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories.

例句

They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.他们成了*队人员与平民雇员之间身份界定不清的人。

英汉词典释义

n.

黄昏; 黎明,暮色；薄暮

You'll most likely see these animals at twilight.黄昏时分你很可能会看到这些动物。

没落时期；衰退期；晚期

adj.

奇妙神秘的；虚幻的

（*面或思想领域）朦胧的，模糊的，界限不清的

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the time of day immediately following sunset;

"he loved the twilight""they finished before the fall of night"

2. the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

3. a condition of decline following successes;

"in the twilight of the empire"

Adjective

1. lighted by or as if by twilight;

"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding"the twilight glow of the sky""a boat on a twilit river"

行业词典

地球物理学： 曙暮光；

大气科学： 曙暮光；日出前或日落后当太阳处于地平线下并能照射高层大气时, 由高层大气分子对阳光的散射而使地面有一定照度的发光现象。；

天文学： 晨昏蒙影；日出前或日没后由高空大气散射太阳光引起的天空发亮的现象。；