evening

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/    美 /ˈiv.nɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The time of day between afternoon and night. countable,uncountable
    — Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
  2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours. countable,uncountable
    — At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
  4. A party or gathering held in the evening. countable,uncountable
    — A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of even form-of,gerund,participle,present
  2. present participle and gerund of evene form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

evenings plural ev'ning alternative,obsolete ev'ning alternative,obsolete ev'ning alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
een eve even evening eventide eveningtide eveningtime evetime forenight undern vesper vespertide
反义词
morning
上位词
daytime nighttime
衍生词
bigfruit evening primrose evening bat evening cicada evening class evening dress evening-dressed eveninger eveningful evening glove evening gown evening-gowned evening grosbeak evening gun eveningless eveninglike eveningness evening newspaper evening out evening prayer evening primrose evening primrose oil evening school evening-snow evening star evening tea eveningtide evening trumpet flower evening walk eveningwear evening wrap family home evening good evening lady of the evening midevening Missouri evening primrose open evening parents' evening this evening yesterevening
相关词
eve even early morning dawn first light postdawn midday afternoon night midnight evenlight evensong good evening vespers
部分词
dimpsey dusk midevening smokefall

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs
Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ
Old English ǣfen
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan
Old English -ian
Old English ǣfnian
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Old English ǣfnung
Middle English evening
English evening
From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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