Twilight
[ 'twaɪlaɪt ]
第2级
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n. 黎明，黄昏，暮光;暮年，晚期，晚年;衰退期，没落时期;<电影>暮光之城;
💡 词根助记
twi二，两+light光→黑白光交替 → 黎明
📝 例句
It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight .
在朦胧的暮色中很难看清他。
🌱 联想助记
【记】twi-前缀“二分之一”,light-光:一半的光是微明的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
twilight
n[U]
1
(a) faint light after sunset or before sunrise 日落後或日出前的微光; 曙光; 暮色
I couldn't see their faces clearly in the twilight. 我在曙色朦胧中看不清他们的脸.
(b) period of this 黎明或薄暮时分
farmers walking home at twilight 黄昏时走回家的农民
Twilight is a dangerous time for drivers. 黎明或黄昏是司机容易出事的时间.
2 the ~ (of sth) (rhet 修辞) period of decreasing importance or strength; decline 衰落时期; 没落
the twilight of his career 他事业的衰退时期
[attrib 作定语]
his twilight years 他的暮年.
🔁 扩展释义
*['twailait]n. 暮光, 曙光, 黎明, 黄昏, 微光, 朦胧状态a. 微明的【医】 朦胧
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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OK. We can get some more tomorrow. We should finish the floor now. Can you take the other end of this piece of wood? Now you have to pull it to make the surface smooth like that.
好吧。我们明天再多买些。现在我们应该把地板弄好。你能抓住木板的另一端吗？现在你要来回拉动木板，使它的表面象那块儿木板一样光滑。
A born teacher, she thought she could turn a deaf-blind person into a useful human being.
她是一个天的教师，认为自己可以把一个聋盲人变成一个有用的人。
Next Von Frisch thought that bees needed to know more than just the distance to a faraway place.
接着，冯·弗里施认为蜜蜂不仅需要知道到远的喂食点的距离。