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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sunset ['s^n"sεt]
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n
sundown the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality
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2.
n
the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon
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3.
n
the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance
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4.
n
the final stage or closing period, as of a person's life
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sundown the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality
Examples
- The sailors set out after sunset.
- 海员在日落后起航。 → sunset
- We watched a spectacular sunset at the beach.
- 我们在海边欣赏了非常壮观的日落。 → sunset
- at sunset
- 傍晚时 → sunset
- Sunset Boulevard → boulevard
- the glory of the sunset → glory
- 晚霞
- sunset glow; sunset clouds → 霞
- 夕阳映红了半边天。
- The setting sun tinted half of the sky with a reddish hue. or Half the sky shone red in the glow of the sunset. → 半边天
- 天边只留下一抹残照。
- There was only a trace of sunset glow left on the horizon. → 残照
- 晚霞渐渐暗淡，暮霭沉沉，野旷天低。
- The sunset grew darker and darker; the evening mist became heavier. The vast fields were dim as far as the eye could see. → 暮霭
- 太阳已经平西了，还这么热。
- It's almost sunset, but it's still so hot. → 平西
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