| 词汇 | nightfall |
| 释义 | nightfall noun[ U ] uk /ˈnaɪt.fɔːl/ us /ˈnaɪt.fɑːl/ the time in the evening when it becomes dark黄昏，傍晚，日暮 Synonyms dusk twilight(EVENING) Compare sundown sunsetnoun Days & times of day afternoon afternoons all day am arvo happy hour high noon hour in broad daylightidiom in the dead of night/winteridiom night noontime o'clock office hours opening time overnight the witching hour twilit workday working day nightfall | American Dictionarynightfall noun[ C ] us/ˈnɑɪtˌfɔl/ the time at the end of the day when it becomes dark Examples of nightfallnightfall The two motives use notes of relatively long duration and are rhythmically distinct: the butterfly is in minims, the nightfall in crotchets. The best time for the sound was at dawn or approaching nightfall when the harsh desert temperatures of the day abated and soft breezes cooled the earth. Street lighting, for instance, stretched the hours of active outdoor life past nightfall. In bar 11 the bass clarinet plays a nesting figure in which a series of butterflies, moving in quavers, outlines the nightfall in crotchets starting on the afterbeat. Scholars fall asleep in museums, travel to obscure places, and acquire things at nightfall. Not a shop is open and people remain behind closed doors and shuttered windows from morning to nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To be effective, gritting should be done during the night or before nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We swept them all away for inspection, but by nightfall they were all back again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By nightfall the border was quiet except for occasional sniping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The walk may take longer than anticipated and may not end before nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us support what the farmers practically can do, which is to sweep the road before nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Somehow or other, before nightfall they have to be found accommodation for the night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the beginning of the rush hour, and the whole of the evening rush hour will therefore still take place after nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The coastguard alerted all ships in the area and mounted an air search, which was continued until nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want us to consider what is reasonable and possible, which is to do it before the danger period of nightfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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