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单词 duskiness
释义 duskiness|ˈdʌskɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being dusky; partial darkness or blackness; dimness, gloom.
1611Cotgr., Obscurité, obscuritie, darknesse..duskinesse.1659Hammond On Ps. xci. 5 Duskyness or twilight.1775Boswell Let. to Johnson 18 Feb. in Life, One of them [manuscripts]..does appear to have the duskyness of antiquity.a1851Moir Poems, Matin Carol ii.1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 141 A gloomy duskiness drapes the cape.
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