Definition of twilight in English:

twilight

noun ˈtwʌɪlʌɪtˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

1mass noun The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere.
暮光；曙光
she looked out on the beautiful twilight
Example sentencesExamples
- In this soft twilight, Wilton could see a faint shimmer around Milon.
- The sun sank below the skyline and cool purple twilight settled around them.
- Looking north from the plateau, you will see in the endless twilight a forbidding light on the horizon.
- He looked outside, the light already faded into twilight, the streetlights blazing their golden hue through the darkness.
- But in the soft twilight, the memories linger on.
- It was still light out, just the first orange rays of twilight creeping over the horizon.
- Not out merely for a night ride, the scientists had their eyes trained on the western horizon, where twilight hung low in a range from deep blue to glowing red.
- I was slightly impressed - the area looked very beautiful in twilight.
- With a sigh he lay back on the bunk watching the lights dim to a pale imitation of twilight.
- It's a soft spring twilight by the edge of Lake Superior at the far northern tip of Wisconsin.
- During this period, however, the brilliance of the moon and stars, and the reflected light of the sun from below the horizon confer twilight, not darkness, to the region.
- Charlie observed Jessica in the light of the remaining twilight.
- He turns back to the woman opposite him, her face reflecting the approaching purple twilight.
- The sun is melting on the horizon and twilight deepens.
- Dawn, light, twilight, gleaming, stars, red glare, bombs bursting: these words are all about light.
- The sun had barely made it over the horizon and twilight still ruled the sky.
- Further back, twilight began to fall and consume two-thirds of the horizon and her path back home.
- At last the shadows began to grow lighter as my eyes adjusted to the dim twilight.
- Quietly, ever so quietly, I watched two worlds briefly collide before one exited into the sunlight and the other stayed behind in the dim twilight.
- The weather is still balmy and the light is like twilight, even though it's almost 3 in the morning.
Synonyms
half-light, semi-darkness, dimness, gloom
1. 1.1 The period of the evening when twilight is visible, between daylight and darkness.
  黄昏
  a pleasant walk in the woods at twilight
  黄昏时美好的林中散步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  On Saturday 14 May museums across Europe remained open late into the evening with a series of special events held around twilight.
  Monet's final years, as everyone knows, were spent peering into his lily pond, twilight after twilight, year after year, as if the natural vaguenesses he found there brought him comfort as he went blind.
  At twilight, when neon store signs and traffic lights begin to glow, wet asphalt becomes a luminous billboard of color.
  The photographs from Laor's series ‘Image of Light’ were taken during twilight or at night.
  By late in the month Mercury becomes visible low above the western horizon at twilight, a preview of its showing in March, when the planet will make its best evening apparition of the year.
  If there are a lot of windows in your scene, consider shooting at twilight when the illumination levels will be closer.
  As twilight approached, he lit the lantern and returned home.
  The flowers seem small and insignificant during the day but at twilight they glow in the fading light and look beautiful.
  At twilight, the family lights candles, to shine a beacon to the souls as they return.
  It was almost as if the barn was it's own little world where it was twilight all the time, and the only light was the frail beams given off by a few candles.
  When twilight came and the light was too poor to read, Roza closed the book and merely listened to the conversation.
  Scott and I walked along the beach last night at twilight, watching the dark clouds swelling over the ocean, and as the first rain fell, we ran for the cover of the nearest hotel.
  There is so much dust in the Martian atmosphere that twilight routinely lasts for two hours.
  They come out from the trunks of trees at twilight to forage.
  It was twilight, and the light was dark yellow and cast long shadows.
  Remember, twilight is the most dangerous time, when the light is failing but your lights do not have much effect.
  I went in the opposite direction, but even the pleasure of being in the woods alone at twilight did nothing to lighten my mood.
  The only problem with using the FL-D filter to correct for fluorescent lighting in a cityscape at twilight is that there is also tungsten lighting in the city.
  He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
  Hovering between day and night, light and dark, life and death, twilight is glorious in its very imprecision.
  Synonyms
  dusk, early evening, evening, close of day
  sunset, sundown, nightfall
  literary eventide, the gloaming
  rare owl light, crepuscule, crepuscle, evenfall
2in singular A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline.
〈喻〉朦胧时期，模糊时期，衰落时期；朦胧状态，模糊状态，衰落状态
he was in the twilight of his career
他处于事业的晚期。
as modifier a twilight world of secrecy
Example sentencesExamples
- In the twilight of their years they are spending their lives at Sainik Ashram in Kakkanad since they found that they are a burden to their own families.
- Now, finally, at the twilight of their lives, they had found each other.
- In the twilight of his years he now has trouble both walking and seeing.
- So even if the law is not changed, homeless people will still be there, existing in a twilight world of temporary accommodation, shifting from place to place, becoming more damaged.
- For, such is the desperation of workers who live in a twilight world ruthlessly controlled by shadowy ‘gangmasters’, they will do anything to avoid detection.
- At least five A.L. outfielders that year had better numbers than this man in the twilight of his career.
- Since then he has given the club great service and, although in the twilight of his playing career, he is still playing good football to the present day.
- In the twilight of his days, he instills the mystery of all days.
- Now that the Government is in the twilight of its third term, when will the Prime Minister deliver on this commitment?
- Consequently, Bjornebye was left with acute double vision and he spent the next four months in a frightening twilight world.
- And in the twilight of their youth, this bleakest enlightening is, for a pair lovelorn and wretched, their single and final solace.
- Sullivan suddenly finds himself adrift in a twilight world where his life, sanity and personal identity are all at risk.
- Most seem to be in the twilight of their youth - around 40-and most have a very mannered way in which they act.
- An elder statesman of American cinema who, remarkably enough, hasn't received a single Oscar nomination, Sutherland may be in the twilight of his years but he has lost none of his ebullient wit.
- With a team of future Hall-of-Famers in the twilight of their careers, this is Hasek's best - and perhaps last - chance to win a Cup.
- Hawke may be in the twilight of his playing career, but he does not intend to go gently into that good night, preferring to believe that he can inflict some damage this weekend on the very men he spends his office hours trying to help.
- Many people say you're in the twilight of your professional playing career.
- In the twilight of his years, he is perhaps keen to keep his slate clean for history.
- His characters appear to inhabit a parallel universe, a twilight world, a way-station between past and present.
- In the twilight of the Second World War hundreds of Nazis fled to Argentina.
Synonyms
decline, waning, downturn, ebb
autumn, final years, closing years, last years

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old English twi- 'two' (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + light¹.

A medieval combination of twi-, a form of two, and light. What significance ‘two’ has here is not entirely clear, though perhaps there is the idea of half-light, between day and night. In Scandinavian and German mythology the twilight of the gods is the destruction of the gods and the world in a final conflict with the powers of evil. English also uses the German and Old Norse equivalents Götterdämmerung and Ragnarök, the first of which is the title of the last opera in Richard Wagner's Ring cycle. Today, a twilight zone is primarily an urban area in a state of dilapidation or economic decline, but the term will forever be associated with the US television series The Twilight Zone, first shown in 1959. Each episode of the series offered a self-contained story with a science fiction or horror theme.

Rhymes

highlight, skylight, stylite

Definition of twilight in US English:

twilight

nounˈtwaɪˌlaɪtˈtwīˌlīt

1The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere.
暮光；曙光
Example sentencesExamples
- He looked outside, the light already faded into twilight, the streetlights blazing their golden hue through the darkness.
- It was still light out, just the first orange rays of twilight creeping over the horizon.
- But in the soft twilight, the memories linger on.
- Dawn, light, twilight, gleaming, stars, red glare, bombs bursting: these words are all about light.
- The weather is still balmy and the light is like twilight, even though it's almost 3 in the morning.
- It's a soft spring twilight by the edge of Lake Superior at the far northern tip of Wisconsin.
- Not out merely for a night ride, the scientists had their eyes trained on the western horizon, where twilight hung low in a range from deep blue to glowing red.
- Further back, twilight began to fall and consume two-thirds of the horizon and her path back home.
- Quietly, ever so quietly, I watched two worlds briefly collide before one exited into the sunlight and the other stayed behind in the dim twilight.
- The sun had barely made it over the horizon and twilight still ruled the sky.
- With a sigh he lay back on the bunk watching the lights dim to a pale imitation of twilight.
- Looking north from the plateau, you will see in the endless twilight a forbidding light on the horizon.
- He turns back to the woman opposite him, her face reflecting the approaching purple twilight.
- During this period, however, the brilliance of the moon and stars, and the reflected light of the sun from below the horizon confer twilight, not darkness, to the region.
- In this soft twilight, Wilton could see a faint shimmer around Milon.
- Charlie observed Jessica in the light of the remaining twilight.
- The sun is melting on the horizon and twilight deepens.
- I was slightly impressed - the area looked very beautiful in twilight.
- The sun sank below the skyline and cool purple twilight settled around them.
- At last the shadows began to grow lighter as my eyes adjusted to the dim twilight.
Synonyms
half-light, semi-darkness, dimness, gloom
1. 1.1 The period of the evening when twilight takes place, between daylight and darkness.
  黄昏
  a pleasant walk in the woods at twilight
  黄昏时美好的林中散步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Scott and I walked along the beach last night at twilight, watching the dark clouds swelling over the ocean, and as the first rain fell, we ran for the cover of the nearest hotel.
  They come out from the trunks of trees at twilight to forage.
  Monet's final years, as everyone knows, were spent peering into his lily pond, twilight after twilight, year after year, as if the natural vaguenesses he found there brought him comfort as he went blind.
  I went in the opposite direction, but even the pleasure of being in the woods alone at twilight did nothing to lighten my mood.
  When twilight came and the light was too poor to read, Roza closed the book and merely listened to the conversation.
  The flowers seem small and insignificant during the day but at twilight they glow in the fading light and look beautiful.
  The photographs from Laor's series ‘Image of Light’ were taken during twilight or at night.
  Remember, twilight is the most dangerous time, when the light is failing but your lights do not have much effect.
  At twilight, when neon store signs and traffic lights begin to glow, wet asphalt becomes a luminous billboard of color.
  By late in the month Mercury becomes visible low above the western horizon at twilight, a preview of its showing in March, when the planet will make its best evening apparition of the year.
  It was twilight, and the light was dark yellow and cast long shadows.
  On Saturday 14 May museums across Europe remained open late into the evening with a series of special events held around twilight.
  At twilight, the family lights candles, to shine a beacon to the souls as they return.
  If there are a lot of windows in your scene, consider shooting at twilight when the illumination levels will be closer.
  Hovering between day and night, light and dark, life and death, twilight is glorious in its very imprecision.
  It was almost as if the barn was it's own little world where it was twilight all the time, and the only light was the frail beams given off by a few candles.
  The only problem with using the FL-D filter to correct for fluorescent lighting in a cityscape at twilight is that there is also tungsten lighting in the city.
  He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
  As twilight approached, he lit the lantern and returned home.
  There is so much dust in the Martian atmosphere that twilight routinely lasts for two hours.
  Synonyms
  dusk, early evening, evening, close of day
2in singular A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline.
〈喻〉朦胧时期，模糊时期，衰落时期；朦胧状态，模糊状态，衰落状态
he was in the twilight of his career
他处于事业的晚期。
as modifier a twilight world of secrecy
Example sentencesExamples
- In the twilight of his days, he instills the mystery of all days.
- Consequently, Bjornebye was left with acute double vision and he spent the next four months in a frightening twilight world.
- Now, finally, at the twilight of their lives, they had found each other.
- Hawke may be in the twilight of his playing career, but he does not intend to go gently into that good night, preferring to believe that he can inflict some damage this weekend on the very men he spends his office hours trying to help.
- In the twilight of his years, he is perhaps keen to keep his slate clean for history.
- And in the twilight of their youth, this bleakest enlightening is, for a pair lovelorn and wretched, their single and final solace.
- In the twilight of the Second World War hundreds of Nazis fled to Argentina.
- Sullivan suddenly finds himself adrift in a twilight world where his life, sanity and personal identity are all at risk.
- In the twilight of his years he now has trouble both walking and seeing.
- His characters appear to inhabit a parallel universe, a twilight world, a way-station between past and present.
- Many people say you're in the twilight of your professional playing career.
- In the twilight of their years they are spending their lives at Sainik Ashram in Kakkanad since they found that they are a burden to their own families.
- Most seem to be in the twilight of their youth - around 40-and most have a very mannered way in which they act.
- Now that the Government is in the twilight of its third term, when will the Prime Minister deliver on this commitment?
- An elder statesman of American cinema who, remarkably enough, hasn't received a single Oscar nomination, Sutherland may be in the twilight of his years but he has lost none of his ebullient wit.
- With a team of future Hall-of-Famers in the twilight of their careers, this is Hasek's best - and perhaps last - chance to win a Cup.
- Since then he has given the club great service and, although in the twilight of his playing career, he is still playing good football to the present day.
- At least five A.L. outfielders that year had better numbers than this man in the twilight of his career.
- For, such is the desperation of workers who live in a twilight world ruthlessly controlled by shadowy ‘gangmasters’, they will do anything to avoid detection.
- So even if the law is not changed, homeless people will still be there, existing in a twilight world of temporary accommodation, shifting from place to place, becoming more damaged.
Synonyms
decline, waning, downturn, ebb
shadowy, dark, twilit, shady, dim, gloomy, obscure

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + light.

词汇	twilight
释义	Definition of twilight in English: twilight noun ˈtwʌɪlʌɪtˈtwaɪˌlaɪt 1mass noun The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere. 暮光；曙光 she looked out on the beautiful twilight Example sentencesExamples In this soft twilight, Wilton could see a faint shimmer around Milon. The sun sank below the skyline and cool purple twilight settled around them. Looking north from the plateau, you will see in the endless twilight a forbidding light on the horizon. He looked outside, the light already faded into twilight, the streetlights blazing their golden hue through the darkness. But in the soft twilight, the memories linger on. It was still light out, just the first orange rays of twilight creeping over the horizon. Not out merely for a night ride, the scientists had their eyes trained on the western horizon, where twilight hung low in a range from deep blue to glowing red. I was slightly impressed - the area looked very beautiful in twilight. With a sigh he lay back on the bunk watching the lights dim to a pale imitation of twilight. It's a soft spring twilight by the edge of Lake Superior at the far northern tip of Wisconsin. During this period, however, the brilliance of the moon and stars, and the reflected light of the sun from below the horizon confer twilight, not darkness, to the region. Charlie observed Jessica in the light of the remaining twilight. He turns back to the woman opposite him, her face reflecting the approaching purple twilight. The sun is melting on the horizon and twilight deepens. Dawn, light, twilight, gleaming, stars, red glare, bombs bursting: these words are all about light. The sun had barely made it over the horizon and twilight still ruled the sky. Further back, twilight began to fall and consume two-thirds of the horizon and her path back home. At last the shadows began to grow lighter as my eyes adjusted to the dim twilight. Quietly, ever so quietly, I watched two worlds briefly collide before one exited into the sunlight and the other stayed behind in the dim twilight. The weather is still balmy and the light is like twilight, even though it's almost 3 in the morning. Synonyms half-light, semi-darkness, dimness, gloom 1.1 The period of the evening when twilight is visible, between daylight and darkness. 黄昏 a pleasant walk in the woods at twilight 黄昏时美好的林中散步。 Example sentencesExamples On Saturday 14 May museums across Europe remained open late into the evening with a series of special events held around twilight. Monet's final years, as everyone knows, were spent peering into his lily pond, twilight after twilight, year after year, as if the natural vaguenesses he found there brought him comfort as he went blind. At twilight, when neon store signs and traffic lights begin to glow, wet asphalt becomes a luminous billboard of color. The photographs from Laor's series ‘Image of Light’ were taken during twilight or at night. By late in the month Mercury becomes visible low above the western horizon at twilight, a preview of its showing in March, when the planet will make its best evening apparition of the year. If there are a lot of windows in your scene, consider shooting at twilight when the illumination levels will be closer. As twilight approached, he lit the lantern and returned home. The flowers seem small and insignificant during the day but at twilight they glow in the fading light and look beautiful. At twilight, the family lights candles, to shine a beacon to the souls as they return. It was almost as if the barn was it's own little world where it was twilight all the time, and the only light was the frail beams given off by a few candles. When twilight came and the light was too poor to read, Roza closed the book and merely listened to the conversation. Scott and I walked along the beach last night at twilight, watching the dark clouds swelling over the ocean, and as the first rain fell, we ran for the cover of the nearest hotel. There is so much dust in the Martian atmosphere that twilight routinely lasts for two hours. They come out from the trunks of trees at twilight to forage. It was twilight, and the light was dark yellow and cast long shadows. Remember, twilight is the most dangerous time, when the light is failing but your lights do not have much effect. I went in the opposite direction, but even the pleasure of being in the woods alone at twilight did nothing to lighten my mood. The only problem with using the FL-D filter to correct for fluorescent lighting in a cityscape at twilight is that there is also tungsten lighting in the city. He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight. Hovering between day and night, light and dark, life and death, twilight is glorious in its very imprecision. Synonyms dusk, early evening, evening, close of day sunset, sundown, nightfall literary eventide, the gloaming rare owl light, crepuscule, crepuscle, evenfall 2in singular A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline. 〈喻〉朦胧时期，模糊时期，衰落时期；朦胧状态，模糊状态，衰落状态 he was in the twilight of his career 他处于事业的晚期。 as modifier a twilight world of secrecy Example sentencesExamples In the twilight of their years they are spending their lives at Sainik Ashram in Kakkanad since they found that they are a burden to their own families. Now, finally, at the twilight of their lives, they had found each other. In the twilight of his years he now has trouble both walking and seeing. So even if the law is not changed, homeless people will still be there, existing in a twilight world of temporary accommodation, shifting from place to place, becoming more damaged. For, such is the desperation of workers who live in a twilight world ruthlessly controlled by shadowy ‘gangmasters’, they will do anything to avoid detection. At least five A.L. outfielders that year had better numbers than this man in the twilight of his career. Since then he has given the club great service and, although in the twilight of his playing career, he is still playing good football to the present day. In the twilight of his days, he instills the mystery of all days. Now that the Government is in the twilight of its third term, when will the Prime Minister deliver on this commitment? Consequently, Bjornebye was left with acute double vision and he spent the next four months in a frightening twilight world. And in the twilight of their youth, this bleakest enlightening is, for a pair lovelorn and wretched, their single and final solace. Sullivan suddenly finds himself adrift in a twilight world where his life, sanity and personal identity are all at risk. Most seem to be in the twilight of their youth - around 40-and most have a very mannered way in which they act. An elder statesman of American cinema who, remarkably enough, hasn't received a single Oscar nomination, Sutherland may be in the twilight of his years but he has lost none of his ebullient wit. With a team of future Hall-of-Famers in the twilight of their careers, this is Hasek's best - and perhaps last - chance to win a Cup. Hawke may be in the twilight of his playing career, but he does not intend to go gently into that good night, preferring to believe that he can inflict some damage this weekend on the very men he spends his office hours trying to help. Many people say you're in the twilight of your professional playing career. In the twilight of his years, he is perhaps keen to keep his slate clean for history. His characters appear to inhabit a parallel universe, a twilight world, a way-station between past and present. In the twilight of the Second World War hundreds of Nazis fled to Argentina. Synonyms decline, waning, downturn, ebb autumn, final years, closing years, last years Origin Late Middle English: from Old English twi- 'two' (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + light¹. A medieval combination of twi-, a form of two, and light. What significance ‘two’ has here is not entirely clear, though perhaps there is the idea of half-light, between day and night. In Scandinavian and German mythology the twilight of the gods is the destruction of the gods and the world in a final conflict with the powers of evil. English also uses the German and Old Norse equivalents Götterdämmerung and Ragnarök, the first of which is the title of the last opera in Richard Wagner's Ring cycle. Today, a twilight zone is primarily an urban area in a state of dilapidation or economic decline, but the term will forever be associated with the US television series The Twilight Zone, first shown in 1959. Each episode of the series offered a self-contained story with a science fiction or horror theme. Rhymes highlight, skylight, stylite Definition of twilight in US English: twilight nounˈtwaɪˌlaɪtˈtwīˌlīt 1The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere. 暮光；曙光 Example sentencesExamples He looked outside, the light already faded into twilight, the streetlights blazing their golden hue through the darkness. It was still light out, just the first orange rays of twilight creeping over the horizon. But in the soft twilight, the memories linger on. Dawn, light, twilight, gleaming, stars, red glare, bombs bursting: these words are all about light. The weather is still balmy and the light is like twilight, even though it's almost 3 in the morning. It's a soft spring twilight by the edge of Lake Superior at the far northern tip of Wisconsin. Not out merely for a night ride, the scientists had their eyes trained on the western horizon, where twilight hung low in a range from deep blue to glowing red. Further back, twilight began to fall and consume two-thirds of the horizon and her path back home. Quietly, ever so quietly, I watched two worlds briefly collide before one exited into the sunlight and the other stayed behind in the dim twilight. The sun had barely made it over the horizon and twilight still ruled the sky. With a sigh he lay back on the bunk watching the lights dim to a pale imitation of twilight. Looking north from the plateau, you will see in the endless twilight a forbidding light on the horizon. He turns back to the woman opposite him, her face reflecting the approaching purple twilight. During this period, however, the brilliance of the moon and stars, and the reflected light of the sun from below the horizon confer twilight, not darkness, to the region. In this soft twilight, Wilton could see a faint shimmer around Milon. Charlie observed Jessica in the light of the remaining twilight. The sun is melting on the horizon and twilight deepens. I was slightly impressed - the area looked very beautiful in twilight. The sun sank below the skyline and cool purple twilight settled around them. At last the shadows began to grow lighter as my eyes adjusted to the dim twilight. Synonyms half-light, semi-darkness, dimness, gloom 1.1 The period of the evening when twilight takes place, between daylight and darkness. 黄昏 a pleasant walk in the woods at twilight 黄昏时美好的林中散步。 Example sentencesExamples Scott and I walked along the beach last night at twilight, watching the dark clouds swelling over the ocean, and as the first rain fell, we ran for the cover of the nearest hotel. They come out from the trunks of trees at twilight to forage. Monet's final years, as everyone knows, were spent peering into his lily pond, twilight after twilight, year after year, as if the natural vaguenesses he found there brought him comfort as he went blind. I went in the opposite direction, but even the pleasure of being in the woods alone at twilight did nothing to lighten my mood. When twilight came and the light was too poor to read, Roza closed the book and merely listened to the conversation. The flowers seem small and insignificant during the day but at twilight they glow in the fading light and look beautiful. The photographs from Laor's series ‘Image of Light’ were taken during twilight or at night. Remember, twilight is the most dangerous time, when the light is failing but your lights do not have much effect. At twilight, when neon store signs and traffic lights begin to glow, wet asphalt becomes a luminous billboard of color. By late in the month Mercury becomes visible low above the western horizon at twilight, a preview of its showing in March, when the planet will make its best evening apparition of the year. It was twilight, and the light was dark yellow and cast long shadows. On Saturday 14 May museums across Europe remained open late into the evening with a series of special events held around twilight. At twilight, the family lights candles, to shine a beacon to the souls as they return. If there are a lot of windows in your scene, consider shooting at twilight when the illumination levels will be closer. Hovering between day and night, light and dark, life and death, twilight is glorious in its very imprecision. It was almost as if the barn was it's own little world where it was twilight all the time, and the only light was the frail beams given off by a few candles. The only problem with using the FL-D filter to correct for fluorescent lighting in a cityscape at twilight is that there is also tungsten lighting in the city. He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight. As twilight approached, he lit the lantern and returned home. There is so much dust in the Martian atmosphere that twilight routinely lasts for two hours. Synonyms dusk, early evening, evening, close of day 2in singular A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline. 〈喻〉朦胧时期，模糊时期，衰落时期；朦胧状态，模糊状态，衰落状态 he was in the twilight of his career 他处于事业的晚期。 as modifier a twilight world of secrecy Example sentencesExamples In the twilight of his days, he instills the mystery of all days. Consequently, Bjornebye was left with acute double vision and he spent the next four months in a frightening twilight world. Now, finally, at the twilight of their lives, they had found each other. Hawke may be in the twilight of his playing career, but he does not intend to go gently into that good night, preferring to believe that he can inflict some damage this weekend on the very men he spends his office hours trying to help. In the twilight of his years, he is perhaps keen to keep his slate clean for history. And in the twilight of their youth, this bleakest enlightening is, for a pair lovelorn and wretched, their single and final solace. In the twilight of the Second World War hundreds of Nazis fled to Argentina. Sullivan suddenly finds himself adrift in a twilight world where his life, sanity and personal identity are all at risk. In the twilight of his years he now has trouble both walking and seeing. His characters appear to inhabit a parallel universe, a twilight world, a way-station between past and present. Many people say you're in the twilight of your professional playing career. In the twilight of their years they are spending their lives at Sainik Ashram in Kakkanad since they found that they are a burden to their own families. Most seem to be in the twilight of their youth - around 40-and most have a very mannered way in which they act. Now that the Government is in the twilight of its third term, when will the Prime Minister deliver on this commitment? An elder statesman of American cinema who, remarkably enough, hasn't received a single Oscar nomination, Sutherland may be in the twilight of his years but he has lost none of his ebullient wit. With a team of future Hall-of-Famers in the twilight of their careers, this is Hasek's best - and perhaps last - chance to win a Cup. Since then he has given the club great service and, although in the twilight of his playing career, he is still playing good football to the present day. At least five A.L. outfielders that year had better numbers than this man in the twilight of his career. For, such is the desperation of workers who live in a twilight world ruthlessly controlled by shadowy ‘gangmasters’, they will do anything to avoid detection. So even if the law is not changed, homeless people will still be there, existing in a twilight world of temporary accommodation, shifting from place to place, becoming more damaged. Synonyms decline, waning, downturn, ebb shadowy, dark, twilit, shady, dim, gloomy, obscure Origin Late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + light.
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