The time at which darkness comes on; the close or end of daylight; nightfall.
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| 释义 | the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall (48) nighteOE The time at which darkness comes on; the close or end of daylight; nightfall. evengloamOE twilight, dusk; gloaming. eveningOE The close of day, esp. the time from about 6 p.m., or sunset if earlier, to bedtime; the period between afternoon and night. Also in early use… gloamingc1000 Evening twilight. darknessa1382 Night, nightfall. twilighting1387 = twilight, n. 1b. crepusculum1398 Twilight, dusk. crepusculec1400 Twilight. darkc1400 The time between sunset and sunrise, which is not illuminated by the sun; night time; night. Also (chiefly in phrases, as after dark): the onset of… twilight1412 The light diffused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere before sunrise, and after… spec. Most commonly applied to the evening… sky1515 Scottish. Daylight or sunlight, esp. at dawn or dusk; dawn or dusk. Now rare. twinlightc1532 A pseudo-archaism for: twilight. day-going?1552 sunset, dusk. cockshut1592 Twilight. Frequently as a modifier or more fully in cockshut light, cockshut time, etc. shutting1598 In intransitive senses of the verb: The close of a day, evening, etc.; nightfall. blind man's holiday1599 A humorous phrase for the time just before candles are lighted, when it is too dark to work, and one is obliged to rest or ‘take a holiday’… candle-lighting1605 gropsing1606 Twilight. nightfall1612 The onset of night; the end of daylight; dusk. dusk1622 The darker stage of twilight before it is quite dark at night, or when the darkness begins to give way in the morning. torchlighta1656 The time when torches are lighted; dusk. candlelight1663 The time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall. crepuscle1665 Twilight. shut1667 The action, time, or place of shutting. Chiefly poetic, the close (of day), the closing in (of evening). mock-shade1669 Twilight, dusk. Also: the shadowy light beneath trees. close1696 The closing in (of darkness or night). Obsolete. duskish1696 Used as n. The time when it is near dusk. glooma1699 Twilight. Obsolete. rare. setting1699 The sinking of a heavenly body towards and below the horizon; the quarter or direction in which a heavenly body sets. Also, the fall of night or… dimmit1746 Dusk, twilight. to-fall of the day or night1748 The act of falling to; to-fall of the dayor night, the close of day or beginning of night. Scottish. darklins1767 Twilight; dusk. even-close1781 the closing in of evening, evening. mirkning1790 Late twilight, dusk. gloaming-shot1793 (a) a shot in the twilight (in quot. figurative); (b) the beginning of twilight. darkening1814 Originally and chiefly Scottish. Frequently with the. Nightfall; dusk, twilight. bat-flying time1818 dusk. gloama1821 Twilight, gloaming. between-light1821 twilight. settle1822 The action of settle, v.; settling, settlement. to take settle: to be settled, to be at ease. dayfall1823 the end of the day; sunset, dusk; cf. nightfall, n. 2. evenfall1825 the onset of evening, dusk; cf. nightfall, n. 2. onfall1825 Scottish. Nightfall, twilight. owl-hoot1832 Dusk, nightfall. Now archaic and rare. glooming1842 poetic. Twilight, gloaming; also, early dawn, morning twilight. darkfall1884 Dusk, nightfall. smokefall1936 ‘the moment when the wind drops and smoke that had ascended descends’ (Dame Helen Gardner). dusk-light1937 |
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