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

• I need to get to Lyon by nightfall
  我需要在黄昏前到达里昂。
• At nightfall, fireworks on the rooftop, a dinner with friends mark their special day.
  黄昏时，屋顶燃放烟花，与朋友共进晚餐来度过特别的一天。
• By nightfall, Death was himself again.
  夜幕降临，死神又来了。
• I shall be back ere nightfall.
  我要在日暮之前返回。
• 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》）
• You want to get started by nightfall, or you're gonna be a sorry son of a bitch.
  你想从黄昏开始，还是想从一个狗娘养的开始？
• They knocked off at nightfall.
  他们在傍晚收工了。
• One night a nightfall sang.
  一天晚上，在一个黄昏唱着。
• 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。
• 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。