| 释义 |
draw on(Of a period of time) pass by and approach its end: he remembered sitting in silence with his grandmother as evening drew on...- The afternoon came and went; night drew on; few cars passed; none stopped.
- The evening drew on, the bats came out, and when the light faded to the point where I couldn't read another word, we repaired to the kitchen where I snapped on the lights.
- She said research had shown that evenings were an area of weakness in York's tourism industry, with streets that were packed by day becoming empty as evening drew on.
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