| 单词 | evening |
| 释义 | evening /eev"ning/, n. 1. the latter part of the day and early part of the night. 2. the period from sunset to bedtime: He spent the evenings reading. 3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. the time between noon and sunset, including the afternoon and twilight. 4. any concluding or declining period: the evening of life. 5. an evening's reception or entertainment: Their evenings at home were attended by the socially prominent. adj. 6. of or pertaining to evening: The evening sky shone with stars. 7. occurring or seen in the evening: the evening mist. [bef. 1000; ME; OE aefnung, equiv. to aefn(ian) draw toward evening + -ung n. suffix] Syn. 1. eventide, dusk, twilight, gloaming, nightfall. |
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