sunset

sunset
noun
  1. [insing.]the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades
    日落,黄昏,傍晚
    sunset was still a couple of hours away.
    离太阳下山还有几个小时。
    ■[count noun]the colours and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun's disappearance in the evening, considered as a view or spectacle
    日落;晚霞
    a blue and gold sunset.
    蓝色且散发金光的落日余辉。
    ■(figurative)a period of decline, especially the last years of a person's life
    (喻)衰落期(尤指人生的晚年)
    the sunset of his life.
    他的垂暮之年。
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