sunset
英 ['s?nset]
美['s?ns?t]
- n. 日落，傍晚
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?sunsets;
中文詞源
sunset 日落，夕陽
sun,太陽，set,坐下，落山。
英文詞源
- sunset (n.)
- late 14c., from sun (n.) + set (v.). Perhaps from a Middle English subjunctive such as before the sun set. Old English had sunnansetlgong "sunset," while sunset meant "west." Figurative use from c. 1600. To ride off into the sunset (1963) is from the stereotypical ending of cowboy movies.
雙語例句
- 1. The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
- 日落時(shí)開齋，按傳統(tǒng)會吃椰棗、喝水。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was a red sunset over Paris.
- 巴黎的天空映著紅色的晚霞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We worked from sunup to sunset.
- 我們從日出工作到日落。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.
- 每天傍晚日落時(shí)都要降旗。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset.
- 日落西山時(shí),天空出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)移動(dòng)的發(fā)亮物體.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》