| 词汇 | sundown |
| 释义 | sundown noun[ U ] uk /ˈsʌn.daʊn/ us /ˈsʌn.daʊn/ the time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky: 日落，黄昏 We left early, anxious to make it back to Florence before/by sundown.我们早早离开，急于在日落之前赶回佛罗伦萨。 Synonym sunset Vicente Soler/EyeEm/GettyImages 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 noon noontime o'clock office hours opening time the witching hour twilit workday working day Examples of sundownsundown Although their presence is critical throughout the day, these individuals leave the village by sundown. Mistnets were monitored from shortly after sundown until sunrise. Fly plentiful; they bite in this locality after sundown. Sundown syndrome is probably the best description of clinical features normally associated with delirium occurring purely during a stable dementing process. Why are nearly all urban parks—other than unfenced ones—closed at sundown? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first was that, enormous though the list of offences may be, it is nothing like the number that an ordinary self-respecting decent-minded farmer could invent between sunrise and sundown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Farm labourers have to work from sunrise to sundown in order to secure the crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you are to get the maximum effect you have to apply it to the land shortly before the grubs come to the surface, at sundown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of trapping roads at 11 or 12 o'clock, when they are almost empty, the police would be much better occupied stopping those people with blazing lights soon after sundown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A flotilla of destroyers can locate the battle fleet at sea, making certain at sundown of its course and position, and attack it in the middle of the night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The park is open from 8:00 am till sundown year round. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The last barber among his people was counselled to whisper the heavy secret into a well after sundown, but he didn't cover the well afterwards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They became sugarcane and hemp (henequen) cutters, toiling from sun-up till sundown in the dry and harsh tropical sun. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Examples of rituals for worship are entreaties for spells at sundown or in moonlight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Celebration begins at sundown the previous evening, and may include feasts, bonfires, and revelry appropriate to the season. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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