sunset

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n. 日落, 晚年

发音

US /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/

词形变化

sunsets 复数 sunsets sunsets 三单 sunsetted sunsetting sunsetting 现在分词 sunsetted 过去式 sunsetted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

日落，傍晚

the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins

a glorious sunset

壮丽的日落景象

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

    可数 不可数

    at sunset

  2. 2.

    The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.

    黄昏

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  3. 3.

    The final period of the life of a person or thing.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    one's sunset years

  4. 4.

    A set termination date.

    定语 可数 不可数

    The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

  5. 5.

    The region where the sun sets; the west.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To phase out.

    淘汰

    及物 商务 政治

    We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

sundown

反义词 1

sunrise

上位词 2

hour time of day

整体词 4

even evening eve eventide

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

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