Twilight
['twaɪlaɪt]
解释:
(noun.) the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.
(noun.) a condition of decline following successes; 'in the twilight of the empire'.
(noun.) the time of day immediately following sunset; 'he loved the twilight'; 'they finished before the fall of night'.
雅克校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
(n.) faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
(a.) Seen or done by twilight.
(a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
艾伯特整理
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Crepuscular light.[2]. Dim light, faint light.
a. Obscure, dim, shaded.
手打:柴门霍夫
解释:
n. the faint light after sunset and before sunrise: an uncertain view: partial darkness.—adj. of twilight: faintly illuminated: obscure.—v.t. to illuminate faintly.—Twilight of the gods the same as Ragnaré° (q.v.).
欧文整理
例句:
- As the glare of day mellowed into twilight, we looked down upon a picture which is celebrated all over the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Away beyond the dawn of history, 3000 or 4000 years ago, one thinks of the Wiltshire uplands in the twilight of a midsummer day's morning. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And in this twilight of his life little remained visible to him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I, hate it altogether, and I hate everybody except you,' said the unnatural young Thomas Gradgrind in the hair-cutting chamber at twilight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- But now it was fine warm weather, with only a summer breeze blowing, and early afternoon instead of dull twilight. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, sitting in the twilight by the open window, enjoys his wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- When the tea-table was done with, they all moved to one of the windows, and looked out into the heavy twilight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The two brothers were before their Father; far beyond the twilight judgment of this world; high above its mists and obscurities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Next follow those that are constructed for twilight; and, last of all, those destined for total darkness, and whose formation is quite peculiar. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- There is no twilight on Mars. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- But it was a piece of twilight. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It was not a word for twilight, but for the morning. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
整理:特蕾西