单词 | dusk |
释义 | dusk dusk1 /dusk/, n. 1. the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight. 2. partial darkness; shade; gloom: She was barely visible in the dusk of the room. [1615-25; back formation from DUSKY] dusk2 —duskish, adj. /dusk/, adj. 1. tending to darkness; dark. v.t. , v.i. 2. to make or become dusk; darken. [bef. 1000; ME duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alter. of OE dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; c. L. fuscus dark] |
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