dusk

dusk
noun
  1. the darker stage of twilight
    薄暮，黄昏
    dusk was falling rapidly.
    薄暮很快降临。
    working the land from dawn to dusk.
    起早摸黑地在地里干活。
    ■[mass noun]semi-darkness
    微暗，昏暗，幽暗
    in the dusk of an Istanbul night club.
    在伊斯坦布尔一家夜总会昏暗的灯光下。
verb
  1. [no obj.](poetic/literary)grow dark
    (诗／文)变暗，变黑
    [as adj. dusking]he saw the lights blaze in the dusking sky.
    他看见灯光在黄昏的天空中闪耀。
adjective
  1. (poetic/literary)shadowy, dim, or dark
    (诗/文)阴暗的，暗淡的，昏暗的，幽暗的，黑暗的
语源
  1. Old English dox 'dark, swarthy' and doxian 'darken in colour', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin 'darkish'; compare with dun. The noun dates from the early 17th cent. The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English
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