English Dictionary

twilight

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

日の出前や日の入り後に見られる、空に広がる柔らかな光（薄明かり、黄昏） / 太陽の直接光の作用により大気中に生じる、静かで幻想的な光景

She returned home at twilight, when the city lights began to glow.

彼女は薄明かりの中、街の明かりが輝き始めたころに家へ帰った。

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

twilights （ plural ）