twilight
/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/
- n.
- 暮光，曙光，黎明，黄昏，微光，朦胧状态
- adj.
- 微明的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语English
twilight
词源说明
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”).
释义
名词noun
- 1The 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.
- 2The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- 3Any faint light through which something is seen.
- 4(astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- 5figurative, by extensionAn in-between