- [uncountable]
the time when the sun goes down and night begins 日落;傍晚 Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb2We walked along the beach at sunset. 日落时分,我们在沙滩上漫步。 After sunset the temperature drops. 日落后气温下降了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- brilliant
- glorious
- …
- admire
- watch
- against the sunset
- at sunset
- sunset over
- …
- the glow of the sunset
- ride off into the sunset
- sail off into the sunset
- …
- [countable]
the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening 晚霞 a spectacular sunset 绚烂的晚霞
Extra ExamplesTopics Spaceb2The trees were black against the sunset. 树木在落日的衬托下显出黑色的轮廓。 They sat in the last glow of the sunset. 他们在落日的余晖下坐着。 a beautiful sunset over the bay 海湾上空美丽的日落 At the end he gets back on his horse and rides off into the sunset. 最后,他回到马背上,骑着马走向夕阳。 We sat by the river and watched the sunset. 我们坐在河边看晚霞。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- brilliant
- glorious
- …
- admire
- watch
- against the sunset
- at sunset
- sunset over
- …
- the glow of the sunset
- ride off into the sunset
- sail off into the sunset
- …
- [countable]
a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end (法律的)自动废止期,效力消减期