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单词 twilight
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twilight

Last week the dollar entered the twilight zone against sterling.It represents a new twilight zone for monetary policy.Are we today in some twilight zone before a new conflagration?But there is a world of difference between that sort of standard and life in the twilight zone.We have to work harder at it if we still expect our wives to be around in our twilight years.They are mainly active at night and twilight, hiding in dense cover by day.We find ourselves in a dimly lit room, a twilight world between life and death.During that soft African twilight there was little shared laughter.Things had begun to change in the twilight days of the Somalia story.Here's what to do to live a long and healthy life into your twilight years.You could grow as wise as you like in your twilight years, and still remain unnoticed.Stepping in from the bright light of midday, you enter an enchanting world of manufactured twilight.You can lean on each other's crutches in your twilight years. Nautical twilight lasts all night from early June until mid-July.The five Twilight films have taken more than 2billion at the box office worldwide.The fifth and final Twilight film is due out in November.As the day faded to twilight, both men were naked, left only with their respective wills.But it's fair to say he's enjoying relaxing into the twilight of his life in other ways.They live in small parties, grazing on grasses, herbs and other vegetation usually at twilight or at night.

In other languages
twilight

British English: twilight NOUN
Twilight is the time just before night when the light of the day has almost gone.
They returned at twilight.
  • American English: twilight
  • Brazilian Portuguese: crepúsculo
  • Chinese: 黄昏
  • European Spanish: crepúsculo
  • French: crépuscule
  • German: Dämmerung
  • Italian: crepuscolo
  • Japanese: たそがれ時
  • Korean: 황혼
  • European Portuguese: crepúsculo
  • Latin American Spanish: crepúsculo

All related terms of 'twilight'

Chinese translation of 'twilight'

twilight

(ˈtwaɪlaɪt)

n (u)

  1. (= evening) 黄(黃)昏 (huánghūn)
  2. (= light) 暮色 (mùsè)
(noun) 
Definition
the period in which this light occurs
They returned at twilight and set off for the bar.
Synonyms
dusk
We arrived home at dusk.
evening
Finally, towards late evening, the carnival entered its final stage.
sunset
The dance ends at sunset.
early evening
nightfall
We started work at dawn and stopped at nightfall.
sundown
gloaming (Scottish, poetic)
close of day
evo (Australian, slang)
Opposites
morning
,
dawn
,
sunrise
,
daybreak
,
sunup
(noun) 
Definition
the soft dim light that occurs when the sun is just below the horizon after sunset
the deepening autumn twilight
Synonyms
half-light
gloom
the gloom of a foggy November morning
dimness
semi-darkness
(noun) 
Definition
a period in which strength, importance, etc., is gradually declining
Now they are both in the twilight of their careers.
Synonyms
decline
last years
final years
closing years
autumn
downturn
ebb
last phase
Opposites
height
,
peak
,
climax
,
crowning moment
(adjective) 
Definition
of or relating to the period towards the end of the day
the summer twilight sky
Synonyms
evening
dim
darkening
evo (Australian, slang)
(adjective) 
Definition
of or being a period of decline
the twilight years of the Hapsburg Empire
Synonyms
declining
last
the last three pages of the chapter
final
the final book in the series
dying
the dying wishes of her mother
ebbing

related words

related adjective crepuscular

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dying
Definition
occurring at the moment of death
the dying wishes of her mother
Synonyms
final,
last,
parting,
departing
in the sense of final
Definition
of or occurring at the end
the final book in the series
Synonyms
last,
latest,
end,
closing,
finishing,
concluding,
ultimate,
terminal,
last-minute,
eventual,
terminating
in the sense of gloaming
Definition
twilight
Synonyms
twilight,
dusk,
nightfall,
half-light,
eventide (archaic)

Nearby words of
twilight

  • twenty
  • twiddle
  • twig
  • twilight
  • twin
  • twine
  • twinge

Synonyms of 'twilight'

twilight

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of gloom
Definition
partial or total darkness
the gloom of a foggy November morning
Synonyms
darkness,
dark,
shadow,
cloud,
shade,
twilight,
dusk (poetic),
obscurity,
blackness,
dullness,
murk,
dimness,
murkiness,
cloudiness,
gloominess,
duskiness
in the sense of last
Definition
most extreme
the last three pages of the chapter
Synonyms
final,
closing,
concluding,
ultimate,
utmost
in the sense of nightfall
Definition
the approach of darkness
We started work at dawn and stopped at nightfall.
Synonyms
evening,
sunset,
twilight,
dusk,
sundown,
vespers,
eventide,
gloaming (Scottish, poetic),
eve (archaic),
crepuscule,
evo (Australian, slang)
in the sense of sunset
Definition
the time at which the sun sets
The dance ends at sunset.
Synonyms
nightfall,
dusk,
sundown,
eventide,
gloaming (Scottish, poetic),
close of (the) day
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