the day or period of time immediately before an event or occasion (事件或重大活动的)前夕 on the eve of her departure he gave her a little parcel. 就在她离开的前夕,他给了她一个小包。 ■the evening or day before a religious festival (宗教节日的)前夕 the service for Passover eve. 逾越节前夕的宗教仪式。 ■(chiefly poetic/literary)evening (主 诗/文)黄昏;傍晚 a bitter winter's eve. 一个严冬的傍晚。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'close of day'): short form of even