twilight

noun

/ˈtwaɪlaɪt/

[uncountable]Idioms

the small amount of light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down暮色；薄暮；黄昏
- in the twilight It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight.在朦胧的暮色中很难看清他。
- at twilight We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.黄昏时分我们沿着海滩散步。
compare dusk
Wordfinder
- daylight
- eclipse
- equinox
- ray
- rise
- solar
- solstice
- the sun
- twilight
- the universe
- She stared into the gathering twilight.她凝视着渐浓的暮色。
- They gazed up at the twilight sky.他们凝视着暮色中的天空。
- in the twilight hour before dawn天亮前微明时分
- These animals are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk.这些动物在黎明和黄昏的黄昏时分最活跃。
Topics Spacec2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gathering
twilight + noun
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
preposition
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
phrases
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
the final stage of something when it becomes weaker or less important than it was没落时期；衰退期；晚期
- She was in the twilight of her career by then.那时她正处于事业的暮年。
- He spent his twilight years (= the last years of his life) living with his daughter in Bristol. 他晚年和女儿住在布里斯托尔。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gathering
twilight + noun
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
preposition
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
phrases
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.

词源late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun light.

Idioms

a/the twilight world (of something) | the twilight zone

a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things奇妙神秘的；虚幻的
- the twilight world of the occult魔法的虚幻世界
- The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings.持不同政见者生活在一个沉默的声音和秘密会议的朦胧世界里。
- the twilight zone between living and merely existing生活和生存之间的模糊地带
- They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.他们生活在社会边缘光怪陆离之处。

词汇	twilight
释义	twilight noun /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/ /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/ [uncountable]Idioms the small amount of light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down暮色；薄暮；黄昏 in the twilight It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight.在朦胧的暮色中很难看清他。 at twilight We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.黄昏时分我们沿着海滩散步。 compare dusk Wordfinder daylight eclipse equinox ray rise solar solstice the sun twilight the universe She stared into the gathering twilight.她凝视着渐浓的暮色。 They gazed up at the twilight sky.他们凝视着暮色中的天空。 in the twilight hour before dawn天亮前微明时分 These animals are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk.这些动物在黎明和黄昏的黄昏时分最活跃。 Topics Spacec2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective gathering twilight + noun sky hour world … preposition at twilight in the twilight into the twilight … phrases in the twilight of your career, life, etc. the final stage of something when it becomes weaker or less important than it was没落时期；衰退期；晚期 She was in the twilight of her career by then.那时她正处于事业的暮年。 He spent his twilight years (= the last years of his life) living with his daughter in Bristol. 他晚年和女儿住在布里斯托尔。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective gathering twilight + noun sky hour world … preposition at twilight in the twilight into the twilight … phrases in the twilight of your career, life, etc. 词源late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun light. Idioms a/the twilight world (of something) \| the twilight zone a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things奇妙神秘的；虚幻的 the twilight world of the occult魔法的虚幻世界 The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings.持不同政见者生活在一个沉默的声音和秘密会议的朦胧世界里。 the twilight zone between living and merely existing生活和生存之间的模糊地带 They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.他们生活在社会边缘光怪陆离之处。
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