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单词 sunset
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sunset

noun
/ˈsʌnset/
/ˈsʌnset/
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  1. [uncountable] the time when the sun goes down and night begins
    • at sunset Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.
    Extra Examples
    • We walked along the beach at sunset.
    • After sunset the temperature drops.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • beautiful
    • brilliant
    • glorious
    verb + sunset
    • admire
    • watch
    preposition
    • against the sunset
    • at sunset
    • sunset over
    phrases
    • the glow of the sunset
    • ride off into the sunset
    • sail off into the sunset
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  2. [countable] the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening
    • a spectacular sunset
    Extra Examples
    • The trees were black against the sunset.
    • They sat in the last glow of the sunset.
    • a beautiful sunset over the bay
    • At the end he gets back on his horse and rides off into the sunset.
    • We sat by the river and watched the sunset.
    Topics Spaceb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • beautiful
    • brilliant
    • glorious
    verb + sunset
    • admire
    • watch
    preposition
    • against the sunset
    • at sunset
    • sunset over
    phrases
    • the glow of the sunset
    • ride off into the sunset
    • sail off into the sunset
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  3. [countable] a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end
    • There is a five-year sunset on the new tax.

sunset

adjective
/ˈsʌnset/
/ˈsʌnset/
[only before noun]
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  1. used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a sunset
    • sunset yellow
  2. used to describe something that is near its end, or that happens at the end of something
    • This is his sunset tour after fifty years as a singer.
  3. (of a law or the effect of a law) designed to end or to end something after a fixed period of time
    • a two-year sunset clause in the new law

sunset

verb
/ˈsʌnset/
/ˈsʌnset/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sunset
/ˈsʌnset/
/ˈsʌnset/
he / she / it sunsets
/ˈsʌnsets/
/ˈsʌnsets/
past simple sunsetted
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
past participle sunsetted
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
-ing form sunsetting
/ˈsʌnsetɪŋ/
/ˈsʌnsetɪŋ/
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  1. sunset (something) (of a law or the effect of a law) to end or to end something after a fixed period of time
    • The tax relief will sunset after a year.
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