dusk

dusk

英 [dʌsk]
　　美 [dʌsk]

n. 黃昏，薄暮；幽暗，昏暗
　　adj. 微暗的
　　vt. 使變微暗
　　vi. 變微暗

中文詞源：

dusk 黃昏

來自PIE*dheu, 煙霧，煙塵，昏暗，詞源同dun, dust. 引申義黃昏。比較dawn.

例句：

1. The lighthouse beam was quite distinct in the gathering dusk.
燈塔的光束在漸濃的暮色中清晰可見。

2. Dusk was deepening as they drove back to the lights of Shillingham.
他們驅車返回華燈初上的希靈漢姆時，暮色漸濃。

3. As the dusk shaded into night, we drove slowly through narrow alleys.
夜幕漸漸降臨，我們驅車在狹窄的胡同裡緩慢前行。

4. At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere.
黃昏時，我們在茫茫荒野中紮營。

5. By dusk we were dog-tired and heading for home.
到瞭傍晚我們累趴下瞭，於是回傢。