dusk

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dusk /dʌsk/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]  TMCBRIGHTthe time before it gets dark when the sky is becoming less bright 黄昏，傍晚 SYN twilight, → dawn, dusk The street lights go on at dusk. 街灯在黄昏时亮起来。 →4  See picture of 见图 DAWN

Examples from the Corpus

dusk• More than a dozen boats bobbed against the docks, their hulls restless in the approaching dusk.• At dusk, passing through the countryside, everything was slowing down for the night.• Then by dusk it appears as if snowstorms are blotting out the distant views.• On and on they flew until day turned into dusk and they reached the big supermarket on the edge of the town.• At daybreak or dusk, the pyramids most resemble the limestone monuments seen by the old explorers.• Her face seemed to glow in the dusk.• Nutty arrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupt halt.• It was dusk, it was close to night, though the light lingered tauntingly, and with it the noise.Origin dusk Old English dox

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dusk
dusk /dʌsk/ noun [uncountable]the time before it gets dark when the sky is becoming less bright
   SYN  twilight ⇨ dawn, dusk:
    The street lights go on at dusk.

duskBrE /dʌsk/ 🔊NAmE /dʌsk/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the time of day when the light has almost gone, but it is not yet dark 黄昏；傍晚 SYN twilight ◆The street lights go on at dusk. 街灯在黄昏时分亮起来。🔊🔊  ➡  compare dawn noun (1)