nightfall

英 [ˈnaɪtfɔːl]

美 [ˈnaɪtfɔːl]

n.  黄昏; 傍晚

BNC.15356 / COCA.14003

牛津词典

noun

• 黄昏；傍晚
  the time in the evening when it becomes dark

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 黄昏;傍晚;日暮
  Nightfallis the time of day when it starts to get dark.
  1. I need to get to Lyon by nightfall...
     我需要在黄昏前到达里昂。
  2. I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
     我披星戴月地工作。

英英释义

noun

• the time of day immediately following sunset
  1. he loved the twilight
  2. they finished before the fall of night
  Synonym:twilightduskgloaminggloamevenfallfallcrepusculecrepuscle

双语例句

• I shall be back ere nightfall.
  我要在日暮之前返回。
• Streets emptied before nightfall.
  夜幕降临前街道就早已空无一人。
• Some people who felt well in the morning became sick by noon and were dead by nightfall.
  有些人早上感觉还不错，到中午病倒，傍晚就死了。
• They must be drowned, else hunger would have driven them home by nightfall if not sooner.
  他们准是淹死了，否则的话，不要到天黑，他们就会饿得往家来。
• We had been held since nightfall.
  从黄昏以来，我们就遭到监视。
• You want to get started by nightfall, or you're gonna be a sorry son of a bitch.
  你想从黄昏开始，还是想从一个狗娘养的开始？
• I'll have two units out to replace you before nightfall.
  我会派两个人在黄昏前接你的班。
• One night a nightfall sang.
  一天晚上，在一个黄昏唱着。
• At nightfall they came out to hunt for prey.
  到了夜里，们会出来猎食。
• They were trying to make New Orleans by nightfall.
  他们力图在黄昏前赶到新奥尔良。