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sunset

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Chronology, Nature
sun·set /ˈsʌnset/ ●●○ noun  1 [uncountable]TMC the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins 日落(时分),薄暮,黄昏at sunset We take the flag down at sunset. 我们黄昏时降旗。2 [countable, uncountable]DN the coloured part of the sky where the sun is disappearing at the end of the day 日落;晚霞,落日余晖 dusk a glorious sunset 壮丽的日落景象
Examples from the Corpus
sunsetMusic at the fairgrounds begins each Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning and ends about sunset on 11 stages.Shortly after sunset each night Janir volunteered for bed.Coffee was followed by yet another sunset, the best possible after-dinner entertainment.The bats leave the caverns at sunset each day to feed on night-flying insects.You may prefer to sit on the terrace sipping a cocktail at sunset.At sunset, stand with your arms out to each side.We sat and watched the glorious sunset from across the Mekong river.a purple and orange sunsetAt least if they kept going towards the sunset they were going away from the Ridgery and would arrive somewhere.Lovers walked hand in hand towards the sunset.The park is open from 8 a.m. to sunset.Instead, towards sunset, he led us to another village, off the highway and surrounded by paddy fields.
From Longman Business Dictionarysunsetsun‧set /ˈsʌnset/ adjective [only before a noun]1ECONOMICS no longer very profitable or important and based on old TECHNOLOGIESAs their profit levels fall, these new industries, in their turn, will become sunset sectors.2LAWsunset rules or laws are ones which cancel rules or laws that were made in the pastThe new sunset law will eliminate statutes that are more than 10 years old.Thesunset provisions will cancel most tax increases since June 30.
sun·set nounChineseSyllable
the time sun Business of the Corpus when day


sunset
sunset /ˈsʌnset/ noun
1. [uncountable] the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins
    at sunset
    We take the flag down at sunset.
2. [uncountable and countable] the coloured part of the sky where the sun is disappearing at the end of the day ⇨ dusk:
    a glorious sunset


sun·setBrE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the time when the sun goes down and night begins 日落;傍晚Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered. 每天傍晚日落时都要降旗。🔊🔊 [countable] the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening 晚霞a spectacular sunset绚烂的晚霞 [countable] a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end (法律的)自动废止期,效力消减期There is a five-year sunset on the new tax. 新税种的有效施行期限为五年。🔊🔊
sun·setBrE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a sunset 霞红色的;浅橘红色的sunset yellow日落黄used to describe sth that is near its end, or that happens at the end of sth 衰落的;最后期的This is his sunset tour after fifty years as a singer. 这是他五十年歌手生涯结束前最后一次巡回演出。🔊🔊(of a law or the effect of a law 法律或法律效力) designed to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time 定期废止的a two-year sunset clause in the new law新法律中的一条实施期限为两年的 “落日条款”
sun·setBrE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they sunset BrE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌnset/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it sunsets BrE /ˈsʌnsets/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌnsets/ 🔊past simple sunsetted BrE /ˈsʌnsetɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌnsetɪd/ 🔊past participle sunsetted BrE /ˈsʌnsetɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌnsetɪd/ 🔊 -ing form sunsetting BrE /ˈsʌnsetɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌnsetɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (of a law or the effect of a law 法律或法律效力) to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time (使)定期届满废止The tax relief will sunset after a year. 税款减免将在一年后废止。🔊🔊