nightfall 详细解释

nightfall

['naitfɔ:l]

n.傍晚, 黄昏

n.

黄昏, 傍晚; 日暮[U]

They knocked off at nightfall.

他们在傍晚收工了。

The young couple are often seen walking along the beach at nightfall.

人们常常看到那对年轻夫妇在傍晚沿着海滩散步。

词形变化

形容词: nightclubby | 名词: nightclubber |

词义辨析

同义参见:

twilight  sunset  sundown  evening  dusk  

反义参见:

daybreak  

英英释义

名词 nightfall:

the time of day immediately following sunset

同义词:twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

补充

nightfallnightfall英:[ˈnaitfɔ:l] 美:[ˈnaɪtˌfɔl]n.1.黄昏; 傍晚

例句

1. Wait until nightfall.一直等到黄昏降临。 2. I need to get to Lyons by nightfall.我必须在夜幕降临前到达里昂。 3. It seemed, by nightfall, as if everything was coming together.似乎所有的事都会在夜幕降临前一起到来。 4. By nightfall the farmhouse had been razed to the ground.农舍在夜幕降临前已被夷为平地。 5. I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.我日出时分开始工作, 直到黄昏才回来。 6. "When nightfall came, we were still waiting for the electricity to come back on."夜幕降临时,我们还在等待供电恢复。 7. We should be back by/before nightfall. [=dark]我们应该在天黑前返回。