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。
Wordfinder- daylight
- eclipse
- equinox
- ray
- rise
- solar
- solstice
- the sun
- twilight
- the universe
Topics Spacec2- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gathering
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
- in the twilight It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight.
- 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
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
- She was in the twilight of her career by then.
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。
- the twilight world of the occult