English Dictionary

twilight

/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/

noun

The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

The twilight painted the sky with hues of orange and pink.

意味（1）

The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

I could just make out her face in the twilight.

意味（2）

The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

It was twilight by the time I got back home.

意味（3）

(astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.

意味（4）

Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

The twilight of one's life