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- Dictionarytwilight/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/
noun
- 1. the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere: "she looked out on the beautiful twilight" Similar
- 2. a period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline: "he was in the twilight of his career" Similar Opposite
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noun. uk / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / us / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / twilight noun (EVENING) Add to word list. [ U ] the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening: the twilight I could make out a dark figure in the twilight. Stephen Hansen/EyeEm/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Days & times of day. afternoons. all day. am. arvo.
adjective. literary uk / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / us / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / used to describe a way of life that involves illegal or immoral activities, and is on the edge of normal society. （生活）处于社会边缘的，不安稳的. The remaining inhabitants of this once-prosperous town have got used to a twilight existence. 这个曾经繁华的商业重镇里遗留下的居民已经习惯了动荡不安的生活。
adjective. literary uk / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / us / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / used to describe a way of life that involves illegal or immoral activities, and is on the edge of normal society. （生活）處於社會邊緣的，不安穩的. The remaining inhabitants of this once-prosperous town have got used to a twilight existence. 這個曾經繁華的商業重鎮遺留下的居民已經習慣了動盪不安的生活。
The meaning of TWILIGHT is the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust; also : a time of twilight. How to use twilight in a sentence.
the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall. 2. the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light prevails. 3.
n. light. 解析. twilight 指日落后或日出明，但通常侧重于者。 dawn 指天刚亮时黎明，可作引申用。 dusk 指接近夜晚黄昏时刻。 联想词. dusk 黄昏，薄暮; dawn 拂晓，破晓，黎明; moonlight 月; darkness 黑暗; sunset 日落，傍晚; nighttime 夜间; sunrise 日出; shadows 阴影，影子; sky 天空; dark 黑暗 ，深色; daylight 日; 词组 | 习惯用语. twilight zone n. 城市贫穷地区；界限分明 两者之间 模 状态. evening twilight 昏影；黄昏蒙影；暮. 英语例句库. 1. twilight had not yet come. 黎明还没来临。
a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things. the twilight world of the occult. The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings. the twilight zone between living and merely existing. They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.
twilight [ ˈtwaɪlaɪt ] n [u] 1 (= evening) 黄 (黃)昏 huánghūn. 2 (= light) 暮色 mùsè. 在这些条目还发现'twilight'： 在英文解释里： crepuscular - dusk - evening - gloaming - half-light - nightfall - twinight. 中文： 昏. 在单词列表中： Periods of the day, 更多…… 同义词： nightfall, dusk, early evening, crepuscule, evening, 更多……
Twilight definition: the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.. See examples of TWILIGHT used in a sentence.
A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories.
