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twilight

英 ['twaɪlaɪt] 美['twaɪlaɪt]
  • n. 黎明,黄昏;薄暮;衰退期;朦胧状态
  • adj. 昏暗的,微明的;暮年的

英英释意


1. the time of day immediately following sunset;
"he loved the twilight"
"they finished before the fall of night"
2. the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
3. a condition of decline following successes;
"in the twilight of the empire"