Twilight

(noun.) the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.

(noun.) a condition of decline following successes; 'in the twilight of the empire'.

(noun.) the time of day immediately following sunset; 'he loved the twilight'; 'they finished before the fall of night'.

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• As the glare of day mellowed into twilight, we looked down upon a picture which is celebrated all over the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Away beyond the dawn of history, 3000 or 4000 years ago, one thinks of the Wiltshire uplands in the twilight of a midsummer day's morning. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And in this twilight of his life little remained visible to him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I, hate it altogether, and I hate everybody except you,' said the unnatural young Thomas Gradgrind in the hair-cutting chamber at twilight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But now it was fine warm weather, with only a summer breeze blowing, and early afternoon instead of dull twilight. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn, sitting in the twilight by the open window, enjoys his wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When the tea-table was done with, they all moved to one of the windows, and looked out into the heavy twilight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The two brothers were before their Father; far beyond the twilight judgment of this world; high above its mists and obscurities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Next follow those that are constructed for twilight; and, last of all, those destined for total darkness, and whose formation is quite peculiar. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• There is no twilight on Mars. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But it was a piece of twilight. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It was not a word for twilight, but for the morning. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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