twilight

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

twi·light [twilight twilights] noun, adjective BrE [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] NAmE [ˈtwaɪlaɪt]
noun uncountable
1. the faint light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down
•It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight.
•We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.
2. the ~ (of sth) the final stage of sth when it becomes weaker or less important than it was
•the twilight years (= the last years of your life)

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun ↑light.

Example Bank:
•She stared into the gathering twilight.
•She walked away into the thickening twilight.
•They gazed up at the twilight sky.
•a forgotten man who spent his twilight years alone
•in the twilight hour before dawn
•the twilight zone between living and merely existing
•It was hard to see him clearly in the thickening twilight.
•These animals are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk.
•We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.

 
adjective only before noun
1. (formal)used to describe a state in which things are strange and mysterious, or where things are kept secret and do not seem to be part of the real world
•the twilight world of the occult
•They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.
•The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings.
2. used to describe a situation or area of thought that is not clearly defined

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun ↑light.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dusky, twilight(a), twilit, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle