[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。