Twilight

['twaɪlaɪt]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

雅克校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Crepuscular light.[2]. Dim light, faint light.

a. Obscure, dim, shaded.

手打:柴门霍夫

解釋/意思:

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