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词汇 vespertine
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Definition of vespertine in English:

vespertine

adjective ˈvɛspətʌɪnˈvɛspətɪn
technical, literary
  • Relating to, occurring, or active in the evening.

    〈技,诗/文〉黄昏的;晚上的;晚上发生的;晚上活动的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The latter is a sober and vespertine work, set to Verdi arias and performed by three men and one woman with a plaid, bow-shaped pillow attached to her back, suggestive perhaps of wings.
    • Between superior and inferior conjunction, Mercury is vespertine: an evening star seen setting just after sunset; it is also waning and decelerating.
    • As the other one danced around a fire that kicked away the vespertine dark, my companion passed me a clay goblet of spirits.
    • The illusion that the viewer shares this vespertine light with the painting evokes not merely a sense of spatial unity (viewer and painted scene both under the ‘same’ lighting) but a temporal unity as well.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin vespertinus, from vesper 'evening'.

Definition of vespertine in US English:

vespertine

adjective
literary, technical
  • Relating to, occurring, or active in the evening.

    〈技,诗/文〉黄昏的;晚上的;晚上发生的;晚上活动的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The latter is a sober and vespertine work, set to Verdi arias and performed by three men and one woman with a plaid, bow-shaped pillow attached to her back, suggestive perhaps of wings.
    • Between superior and inferior conjunction, Mercury is vespertine: an evening star seen setting just after sunset; it is also waning and decelerating.
    • As the other one danced around a fire that kicked away the vespertine dark, my companion passed me a clay goblet of spirits.
    • The illusion that the viewer shares this vespertine light with the painting evokes not merely a sense of spatial unity (viewer and painted scene both under the ‘same’ lighting) but a temporal unity as well.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin vespertinus, from vesper ‘evening’.

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