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twilight n.黄昏；微光；含糊不清；衰落时期 (1) 暮色四合，渐而一片漆黑。(2) 黄昏时分她常常坐在花园里。(3) 在微光中看书有损目力(4) 摔跤是介於运动和娱乐两者之间的活动。(5) 这老人已经进入了他生涯的晚期。 Twilight comes just before the night falls. The early light, just before sunrise, is also technically called "twilight" but most people call it "dawn." The prefix twi- might be a clue that twilight happens twice a day, or it could mean "half," as in the half-light of this time. Something that is declining can be described as twilight — like the twilight of the trend of wearing plastic clogs favored by nurses and chefs.

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英 ['twaɪlaɪt] 美 ['twaɪlaɪt] (1) Twilight merged into total darkness.(2) She often sits in the garden at twilight.(3) Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.(4) Wrestling is in a twilight zone between sport and entertainment.(5) The old man is in the twilight of his career. The time just after sunset, when the light is half-faded, but the world is not yet totally dark, is twilight. If you are between two states, like asleep and awake, that can also be called a twilight moment. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]黄昏；薄暮 Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. They returned at twilight, and set off for one of the promenade bars.他们黄昏时分回来，然后去了一家步行街酒吧。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]暮光 Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down. ...the deepening autumn twilight.渐浓的秋日暮色3[N-SING 单数名词]最后阶段；衰落时期 The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened.   [the N of n]Now both men are in the twilight of their careers...现在两人的事业都到了没落期。I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.我老了，到了生命的暮年。…the twilight years of the Habsburg empire.哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期4[ADJ 形容词]蒙眬的；含混的；界限模糊的 A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories.   [ADJ n]They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.他们成了军队人员与平民雇员之间身份界定不清的人。

英语单词	twilight
英美音标	英 ['twaɪlaɪt] 美 ['twaɪlaɪt]
中文释义	n.黄昏；微光；含糊不清；衰落时期
英语例句	(1) Twilight merged into total darkness. (2) She often sits in the garden at twilight. (3) Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes. (4) Wrestling is in a twilight zone between sport and entertainment. (5) The old man is in the twilight of his career.
中文例句	(1) 暮色四合，渐而一片漆黑。 (2) 黄昏时分她常常坐在花园里。 (3) 在微光中看书有损目力 (4) 摔跤是介於运动和娱乐两者之间的活动。 (5) 这老人已经进入了他生涯的晚期。
vocabulary简明	The time just after sunset, when the light is half-faded, but the world is not yet totally dark, is twilight. If you are between two states, like asleep and awake, that can also be called a twilight moment.
vocabulary扩展	Twilight comes just before the night falls. The early light, just before sunrise, is also technically called "twilight" but most people call it "dawn." The prefix twi- might be a clue that twilight happens twice a day, or it could mean "half," as in the half-light of this time. Something that is declining can be described as twilight — like the twilight of the trend of wearing plastic clogs favored by nurses and chefs.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]黄昏；薄暮 Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. They returned at twilight, and set off for one of the promenade bars. 他们黄昏时分回来，然后去了一家步行街酒吧。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]暮光 Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down. ...the deepening autumn twilight. 渐浓的秋日暮色 3 [N-SING 单数名词]最后阶段；衰落时期 The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened. [the N of n] Now both men are in the twilight of their careers... 现在两人的事业都到了没落期。 I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life. 我老了，到了生命的暮年。 …the twilight years of the Habsburg empire. 哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期 4 [ADJ 形容词]蒙眬的；含混的；界限模糊的 A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories. [ADJ n] They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees. 他们成了军队人员与平民雇员之间身份界定不清的人。

Twilight Zone Time Light Called Night N Uncount 不可数名词