twilight

英[ˈtwaɪlaɪt]
美[ˈtwaɪlaɪt]

基本释义

  • n.黄昏; 暮光; 最后阶段,衰落时期
  • adj.奇妙神秘的,虚幻的; 朦眬的,界限模糊的

实用例句

It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight .

在朦胧的暮色中很难看清他。

牛津词典

We went for a walk along the beach at twilight .

黄昏时分我们沿着海滩散步。

牛津词典

the twilight years (= the last years of your life)

暮年

牛津词典

the twilight world of the occult

神秘学的虚幻世界

牛津词典

They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.

他们生活在社会边缘的过渡区域。

牛津词典

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。

...the deepening autumn twilight.

渐浓的秋日暮色

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。

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。

His eyes seemed to shine in the purplish twilight.

他的眼睛仿佛在紫色的暮光中闪烁.

期刊摘选

Your lips are for songs about rivers in the morning and lakes at twilight.

您的两片朱唇,生来就是给晨羲中的江河和暮霭里的湖泊放声歌唱的.

辞典例句

Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun.

在落日的衬托下,曾经散发着生气的风车如今如耸立的尖塔般冰冷、硬.

期刊摘选

Twilight was falling as he turned homeward.

他转身往家走时,已是黄昏时分.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Wrestling is in a twilight zone between sport and entertainment.

摔交是介于运动和娱乐两者之间的活动.

期刊摘选

In this depressing twilight of political thinking, Snow Starburst like a fireworks display.

在人们政治上陷入思想苦闷的情况下, 斯诺的《西行漫记》就象焰火一样,腾空而起,划破了苍茫的暮色.

期刊摘选

Twilight was falling as Martin left the fruIt'store.

当马丁离开水果店时暮色已经来临.

辞典例句

The cold winter night had fallen, snuffing out the brief twilight.

寒冷的冬夜已经降临, 把黄昏时短暂的暮色也给吞没了.

辞典例句

If the sky is cloudy the duration of the real twilight is of course considerably shorter.

如果天空多云,那么实际的晨昏蒙影时间是相当短的了.

辞典例句

At twilight, the stillness was broken by the sound of hooves, clattering on the paved courtyard.

在一个黄昏, 沉静被庭院上一阵清脆的马蹄声所打破.

期刊摘选

To thread the twilight with a gleam.

用一缕光线把黄昏连串.

期刊摘选

There was a sound of thrushes calling in the dark blue twilight.

深蓝色的暮夜中有?0鸟在鸣叫.

辞典例句

She enters the wood , where it is already twilight.

她走进森林, 森林里已经是一片朦胧.

辞典例句

Twilight merged into darkness.

夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

Twilight was merging into darkness.

暮色渐浓.

期刊摘选

The spires of Westminster Abbey cut dramatic shapes into a blushing twilight sky.

威斯敏斯特修道院的尖顶在暮色黄昏中留下了迷人的轮廓.

期刊摘选

Because the sun rises and sets gradually, I used gradually changing light during twilight.

因为太阳是逐渐升起和没落的, 于是在晨昏时分我使用了逐渐变化的光线.

辞典例句

It's a food heaven, shopping heaven, business heaven, somewhere you'd want to spend your twilight years.

新加坡是一个美食天堂 、 购物天堂 、 商业天堂, 是一个你要安享晚年的地方.

期刊摘选

This left the room in a twilight.

房间里马上变得暗淡无光.

辞典例句

真题例句

I really like these old episodes of "The Twilight Zone" because the stories are fascinating.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

twilight, dawn, dusk

这些名词含有"黎明,黄昏"之意。

  • twilight: 指日落后或日出前的微明,但通常侧重于前者。
  • dawn: 指天刚亮时的黎明,可作引申用。
  • dusk: 指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。