half-light
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈhalf-light noun [uncountable] DARKthe dull grey light you see when it is almost dark but not completely dark 半明半暗的光，灰暗的光线 the cold half-light of the early morning 清晨阴冷昏暗的光线
Examples from the Corpus
half-light• A sharp, heavy knock sent Nadia scrambling out into the cold half-light of the early morning.• Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was.• the misty half-light of dawn• There is an eerie stamp of disaster about this wind-thrown entanglement in the murky half-light of night water.• Her face really was beautiful in that half-light.• She sobbed, and in the half-light I saw the anguish in her face.• Like kneading bread in the half-light of the restaurant kitchen.• In the steamy mirror in the half-light, my body seems smooth and strong, almost lovely.• The counselor spoke her name, and she looked up, her eyes red in the half-light.ˈhalf-light nounChineseSyllable
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half-light
ˈhalf-light
noun [uncountable]
the dull grey light you see when it is almost dark but not completely dark:
the cold half-light of the early morning
ˈhalf-light
noun [uncountable]the dull grey light you see when it is almost dark but not completely dark: