the small amount of light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down 暮色；薄暮；黄昏 - in the twilight
It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight. 在朦胧的暮色中很难看清他。 - at twilight
We went for a walk along the beach at twilight. 黄昏时分我们沿着海滩散步。
Extra ExamplesTopics Spacec2She stared into the gathering twilight. 她凝视着渐浓的暮色。 They gazed up at the twilight sky. 他们凝视着暮色中的天空。 in the twilight hour before dawn 天亮前微明时分 These animals are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk. 这些动物在黎明和黄昏的黄昏时分最活跃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gathering
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
- in the twilight
the final stage of something when it becomes weaker or less important than it was 没落时期；衰退期；晚期 She was in the twilight of her career by then. 那时她正处于事业的暮年。 He spent his twilight years (= the last years of his life) living with his daughter in Bristol. 他晚年和女儿住在布里斯托尔。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gathering
- sky
- hour
- world
- …
- at twilight
- in the twilight
- into the twilight
- …
- in the twilight of your career, life, etc.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun light.
Idioms
a/the twilight world (of something) | the twilight zone
a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things 奇妙神秘的；虚幻的