单词	half-light
释义	half-lightˈhalf-light noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the misty half-light of dawn EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A sharp, heavy knock sent Nadia scrambling out into the cold half-light of the early morning. Her face really was beautiful in that half-light. In the steamy mirror in the half-light, my body seems smooth and strong, almost lovely. Like kneading bread in the half-light of the restaurant kitchen. She sobbed, and in the half-light I saw the anguish in her face. The counselor spoke her name, and she looked up, her eyes red in the half-light. There is an eerie stamp of disaster about this wind-thrown entanglement in the murky half-light of night water. Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatordarkness► darkness a place or time where there is no light: · A voice came from out of the darkness, but she couldn't see anyone.· As my eyes became used to the darkness I could make out a bed in the corner of the room.· The city was a violent place at that time, and it was not safe to walk the streets during the hours of darkness.in complete darkness: · Colour films must be developed in complete darkness. ► the dark when there is no light, especially in a room: · Children who are afraid of the dark need to be reassured.in the dark: · Why are you sitting there in the dark? Put the light on. ► the shadows the place near a building, trees etc where it is darker than everywhere else because it is hidden from the sun's light: · Someone was hiding in the shadows at the end of the garden.· Two figures moved out of the shadows into the moonlit street. ► the half-light dull, grey light like the light of the early morning or early evening - use this especially in stories and written descriptions: · He urged the mule forward through the half-light of the forest.in the half-light: · It was difficult to see who was standing there in the dim half-light of the hall. ► the gloom when a place or room does not have enough light to see properly and is not at all cheerful - use this especially in stories and written descriptions: · I stepped through the doorway and peered into the gloom.· Jon could hear her voice but was unable to see anything in the gloom. the dull grey light you see when it is almost dark but not completely dark:  the cold half-light of the early morning
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