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

• 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 had been held since nightfall.
  从黄昏以来，我们就遭到监视。
• I'll be with you by nightfall.
  到晚上我们就会在一起了。
• I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
  我披星戴月地工作。
• At nightfall they came out to hunt for prey.
  到了夜里，们会出来猎食。
• They knocked off at nightfall.
  他们在傍晚收工了。
• I had not purposed to leave before nightfall.
  我没有打算在黄昏前离开。
• We must get through by nightfall.
  我们在黄昏前得到那儿。
• One night a nightfall sang.
  一天晚上，在一个黄昏唱着。
• 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》）