nightfall

英 [ˈnaɪtfɔːl]

美 [ˈnaɪtfɔːl]

n.  黄昏; 傍晚

BNC.15356 / COCA.14003

牛津词典

noun

• 黄昏；傍晚
  the time in the evening when it becomes dark

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 黄昏;傍晚;日暮
  Nightfallis the time of day when it starts to get dark.
  1. I need to get to Lyon by nightfall...
     我需要在黄昏前到达里昂。
  2. I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
     我披星戴月地工作。

英英释义

noun

• the time of day immediately following sunset
  1. he loved the twilight
  2. they finished before the fall of night
  Synonym:twilightduskgloaminggloamevenfallfallcrepusculecrepuscle

双语例句

• I shall be back ere nightfall.
  我要在日暮之前返回。
• I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
  我披星戴月地工作。
• I had to get down that rock face, do or die down, before nightfall.
  天黑前我只得不顾死活，从那块岩石上下来了。
• By nightfall I was feeling hungry and sleepy.
  黄昏时我感到又饿又困。
• Some people who felt well in the morning became sick by noon and were dead by nightfall.
  有些人早上感觉还不错，到中午病倒，傍晚就死了。
• They knocked off at nightfall.
  他们在傍晚收工了。
• At nightfall, fireworks on the rooftop, a dinner with friends mark their special day.
  黄昏时，屋顶燃放烟花，与朋友共进晚餐来度过特别的一天。
• The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.
  然而游览者在当天的黄昏前就能把所有事情做完了，然后离开小镇。
• We gave up the search at nightfall.
  我们在夜幕低垂时放弃了搜寻。
• I stop my carriage to admire the Maple Grove at nightfall,| whose frosty leaves are redder than the flowers of early spring.
  停车坐爱枫林晚，霜叶红于二月花。（杜牧《山行》）