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 must be drowned, else hunger would have driven them home by nightfall if not sooner.
  他们准是淹死了，否则的话，不要到天黑，他们就会饿得往家来。
• They were trying to make New Orleans by nightfall.
  他们力图在黄昏前赶到新奥尔良。
• 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。
• At nightfall they came out to hunt for prey.
  到了夜里，们会出来猎食。
• We had been held since nightfall.
  从黄昏以来，我们就遭到监视。
• You can see the star at nightfall.
  黄昏时你能看到那颗星星。
• I had not purposed to leave before nightfall.
  我没有打算在黄昏前离开。
• By nightfall we shall have achieved our objectives.
  黄昏时，我们就能完成我们的目标。
• 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》）