一、詳細(xì)釋義：


adj.

微明的；昏暗的


例句：

The glistening roofs of the still slumbering houses were sharply outlined against the twilight sky.

仍在沉睡中的房舍之閃亮的屋頂，在微明的天空中，很清楚地露出輪廓來。


例句：

This is a twilight room.

這是個(gè)昏暗的房間。


衰落時(shí)期的；暮年的，晚期的


例句：

I had no patience with the view that the country was entering its twilight years.

那種說國(guó)家正在步入暮年的言論讓我忍無(wú)可忍。


例句：

I want my parents to be comfortable in their twilight years.

我想讓我的父母親舒舒服服地度過暮年時(shí)光。


n.

黎明，黃昏，暮光 [U]


例句：

She often sits in the garden at twilight.

黃昏時(shí)分她常常坐在花園里。


例句：

Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.

在微光中看書有損目力。


暮年，晚期，晚年；衰退期，沒落時(shí)期 [U]


例句：

The old man spent most of his twilight working on his autobiography.

老人暮年的大部分時(shí)間都在寫他的自傳。


例句：

The old man is in the twilight of his career.

這老人已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了他職業(yè)生涯的晚期。


朦朧狀態(tài)；模糊狀態(tài) [U]


例句：

The twilight between life and death has seeped into his organs.

生死之間的朦朧狀態(tài)已經(jīng)滲入他的器官。


例句：

She enters the wood, where it is already twilight.

她走進(jìn)森林，森林里已經(jīng)是一片朦朧。


二、詞義辨析：


twilight,dawn,dusk

這些名詞含有“黎明，黃昏”之意。 twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常側(cè)重于前者。 dawn指天剛亮?xí)r的黎明，可作引申用。 dusk指接近夜晚的黃昏時(shí)刻。


三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：


twilight sleep

朦朧麻醉，朦朧睡眠


twilight zone

曙暮光區(qū)，半陰影區(qū)


twilight vision

暗視覺


四、參考例句：


Twilight merged into darkness.

夕陽(yáng)的光輝沒于黑暗中。


Twilight was merging into darkness.

暮色漸濃。


The twilight merged into darkness.

晚霞漸漸淹沒于黑暗之中。


This is a twilight room.

這是個(gè)昏暗的房間。


Twilight merged into total darkness.

暮色四合，漸而一片漆黑。


Twilight is a?dangerous?time for drivers.

黎明或黃昏是司機(jī)容易出事的時(shí)間。


Twilight is a dangerous time for drivers.

黎明或黃昏是司機(jī)容易出事的時(shí)間。


Day drew in and twilight deepened.

白天即過，暮色漸濃。


By now the blue of twilight is glowing.

此時(shí)，黃昏綻放出蔚藍(lán)色的霞光。


Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.

在微光中看書有損目力。