单词 | twilight |
释义 | twilighttwilight /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 1the time when day is just starting to become night SYN dusk: We took a walk on the beach at twilight.2the small amount of light in the sky as the day ends: The end of his cigarette glowed in the twilight.twilight falls literary (=twilight begins)3the period just before the end of the most active part of someone’s life or the end of an important period of time: twilight of the twilight of the Victorian age She’s looking for something to do in her twilight years (=the last years of her life).4twilight world literary a strange situation involving mystery, dishonest activities, etc.: the twilight world of drug smuggling |
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