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

• They knocked off at nightfall.
  他们在傍晚收工了。
• Streets emptied before nightfall.
  夜幕降临前街道就早已空无一人。
• 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》）
• I need to get to Lyon by nightfall
  我需要在黄昏前到达里昂。
• You can see the star at nightfall.
  黄昏时你能看到那颗星星。
• By nightfall, Death was himself again.
  夜幕降临，死神又来了。
• By nightfall, we'll celebrate with my father.
  天黑时我们就能和父亲一起庆祝了。
• We had been held since nightfall.
  从黄昏以来，我们就遭到监视。
• 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。
• By nightfall we shall have achieved our objectives.
  黄昏时，我们就能完成我们的目标。