Sunset
['sʌnset] or ['sʌnsɛt]
解释:
(noun.) the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon.
(noun.) atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun.
(noun.) the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon.
(adj.) of a declining industry or technology; 'sunset industries' .
(adj.) providing for termination; 'a program with a sunset provision' .
布伦达编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Alt. of Sunsetting
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同义词及近义词:
n. Evening, sundown, close of the day.
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例句:
- Before sunset he had cut six acres of wheat, and convinced his audience that his machine was a great improvement over the old method. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Towards sunset that evening I stood again on the well-remembered terrace, and looked once more at the peaceful old country house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- They know nothing of sunrise or sunset, for they only see those marvels through a smoky veil. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- We had one fine sunset--a rich carmine flush that suffused the western sky and cast a ruddy glow far over the sea. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Now, I looked on the evening star, as softly and calmly it hung pendulous in the orange hues of sunset. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- They had kept her hull-up until sunset, firing several shots after her, but the next morning she was nowhere to be seen. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- In a word, his real time of relief being that evening at sunset, his mate came lounging in, within a quarter of an hour. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The enemy was sent in full retreat on their right, and their left followed before sunset. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I never let go her hand once, said the stout lady afterwards, until after sunset, when the firing was over. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- If the storm had lulled a little at sunset, it made up now for lost time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The beauties of the sunset had not faded from the long light films of cloud that lay at peace in the horizon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It was then calm, radiant sunset. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The day had clouded over, and a drizzling rain set in at sunset. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The sun was low, and the heavens glowed with the splendor of an autumn sunset. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The sunset was near at hand. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- We scorned to consider sunsets. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Such walks on deck, such sunsets, such splendid air and waves! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- They even have fine sunsets on the Mediterranean--a thing that is certainly rare in most quarters of the globe. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- But what were sunsets to us, with the wild excitement upon us of approaching the most renowned of cities! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Fine sunsets seem to be rare in this part of the world--or at least, striking ones. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It is now one of those intensely golden sunsets which kindles the whole horizon into one blaze of glory, and makes the water another sky. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
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