intransitive. Of night, or the darkness of night: to begin, to set in. Also occasionally of winter. Cf. fall, n.2 22, nightfall, n. 2.
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释义 | the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark (9) fallOE intransitive. Of night, or the darkness of night: to begin, to set in. Also occasionally of winter. Cf. fall, n.2 22, nightfall, n. 2. nightc1440 intransitive. Of the night: to come down, to fall. Obsolete. to fall ona1450 intransitive. Of night: to approach, draw on; to begin; = sense 11a. Obsolete. nighten1561 intransitive. To grow dark; to become night. gloom1595 = gloam, v. gloam1819 intransitive. To darken, become dusk. Also to be gloamed: to have grown dusk. dusken1870 intransitive. To grow dusk. dusk1876 intransitive. To become dusk or dim; to grow dark. to shut down1880 intransitive. To be closed with a lid; to come close down like a lid. Of fog, night: To come down and blot out the view. |
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