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

• By nightfall we shall have achieved our objectives.
  黄昏时，我们就能完成我们的目标。
• I had not purposed to leave before nightfall.
  我没有打算在黄昏前离开。
• We had been held since nightfall.
  从黄昏以来，我们就遭到监视。
• At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.
  入夜，他们参加了一个厚木避难所。
• I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
  我披星戴月地工作。
• They knocked off at nightfall.
  他们在傍晚收工了。
• Well, towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
  到黄昏时，我发现自己被一阵大风卷到了大海里。
• We gave up the search at nightfall.
  我们在夜幕低垂时放弃了搜寻。
• They were trying to make New Orleans by nightfall.
  他们力图在黄昏前赶到新奥尔良。
• One night a nightfall sang.
  一天晚上，在一个黄昏唱着。