twilight

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: half-light
  2. The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness. countable,uncountable
    — It was twilight by the time I got back home.
  3. Any faint light through which something is seen. countable,uncountable
    — Two women, Eusabio’s wife and sister, looked on from the deep twilight of the hut.
  4. The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon. countable,uncountable
  5. An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived. broadly,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — The twilight of one's life
动词 v.
  1. To illuminate faintly. poetic,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure. not-comparable
  2. Synonym of mesopelagic (“Describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.”) not-comparable
    — twilight zone

词形变化

twilights plural twilights present,singular,third-person twilighting participle,present twilit participle,past twilit past twilighted participle,past twilighted past

词汇关系

近义词
gloaming crepuscule crepusculum dimmet evenglome glooming tweenlight twilight
上位词
light
下位词
first light evenfall eventide astronomical twilight civil twilight nautical twilight dawn dusk
衍生词
twilight anesthesia twilight birth twilight industry twilightish twilight language Twilight of the Gods twilights twilight shift twilight sleep twilighty twilight years twilight zone twilit
相关词
daytime nighttime golden hour crepuscular
并列词
dawn dusk evening golden hour nightfall sundown
部分词
lauds vespers

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”).
词源 2
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”).
词源 3
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”).
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