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twilight
[英] [ˈtwailait] [美] [ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt] 生词本

n.

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1. 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. 

  • 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。

2. N-UNCOUNT 暮光 Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down. 

  • ...the deepening autumn twilight.

    渐浓的秋日暮色

3. N-SING 最后阶段;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. 

  • 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。

  • …the twilight years of the Habsburg empire.

    哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期

4. 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. 

  • They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.

    他们成了军队人员与平民雇员之间身份界定不清的人。

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"

地球物理学

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  • 1.曙暮光

大气科学

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  • 1.曙暮光
  • 2.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

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  • 1.晨昏蒙影
  • 2.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。
1. Homer lived in the twilight of history.
荷马（希腊诗人）生于历史上遥远的时代。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Twilight was falling as he turned homeward.
他转身往家走时，已是黄昏时分。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. 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。

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

来自《简明英汉词典》