evening

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n. 傍晚, 晚间, 末期

发音

US /ˈiːvənɪŋ/
UK /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
US /ˈivnɪŋ/

词形变化

evenings 复数 evenings

别名

eevning evenin' evg evng ev'ning

教材释义与例句

名词

晚上；傍晚；（联欢性的）晚会；后期

the early part of the night between the end of the day and the time you go to bed

I do most of my studying in the evening.

我学习大都在晚上。

I'm usually out on Friday evenings.

周五晚上我通常都不在家。

What are you doing tomorrow evening?

明天晚上你打算做什么？

Peter left yesterday evening.

彼得昨天晚上走了。

I'll see you this evening.

我今晚和你见面。

It was early evening by the time we got home.

我们到家时已经是傍晚了。

We had just finished our evening meal when the doorbell rang.

我们刚吃完晚饭门铃就响了。

a broadcast on the evening news

晚间新闻广播

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The time of day between afternoon and night.

    可数 不可数

    Toward evening, there was heavy rain.

    I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.

  2. 2.

    The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

    傍晚

    晚上

    黄昏

    夜晚

    挨晚

    日欲暗

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    It was the evening of the Roman Empire.

  4. 4.

    A party or gathering held in the evening.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of even

  2. 1.

    present participle and gerund of evene

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

even eve eventide

上位词 8

day period daylight greeting daytime salutation period of time time period

下位词 1

guest night

部分词 10

fall sunset twilight sundown nightfall dusk crepuscle crepuscule evenfall gloam

整体词 3

night dark nighttime

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian < ǣfen (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

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