| 单词 | nightfall |
| 释义 | nightfall (once / 1068 pages) n Nightfall is the part of a day when the sun goes down and evening begins. In suburban neighborhoods, parents often call their kids to come home for dinner at nightfall. It gets dark at nightfall, marking the end of the day. You can also all this time dusk or twilight. If your dad warns you to be home from your bike ride by nightfall, he wants you home before sunset. Nightfall has a bit of an old fashioned, poetic sound, and it dates from the early eighteenth century, a combination of night, from the Old English niht, or "darkness," and fall, or "come suddenly." WORD FAMILYnightfall: nightfalls USAGE EXAMPLESOne of the men texted his girlfriend after nightfall and said they needed help. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) My curiosity grew further when, at nightfall, three women in their 20s walked in. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) Our Sabbath starts as the sun begins to set on Friday and continues until after nightfall Saturday. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) n the time of day immediately following sunset Syn|Hypo|Hyper crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, twilight night a shortening of nightfall hour, time of day clock time |
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