twilight

问题描述:

twilight

名词 n.
1. 微明;薄暮;微光[U] 2. 黄昏;黎明[U]
These animals begin the night's hunt at twilight.
这些动物在黄昏时分开始一夜的觅食. 3. 衰退期;(人的)暮年,晚期[the S]
The old man is in the twilight of his career.
这老人已经进入了他生涯的晚期. 4. 朦胧状态;模糊状态[S]
For three days the patient lay in a twilight of fever.
病人发烧整整三天,一直迷迷糊糊.
形容词 a.
1. 曙暮光的;微明的;昏暗的 2. 衰落时期的;暮年的,晚期的
The old man spent most of his twilight years working on his autobiography.
老人暮年的大部分时间都在写他的自传.