Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - twilight
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Twilight
twilight
~ n 1 the small amount of light in the sky as the day ends (It appeared shadowy and insubstantial in the twilight.) 2 the time when day is just starting to become night 3 the period just before the end of the most active part of someone's life (the twilight of her acting career | twilight years (=the last ones of your life)) 4 twilight world literary a strange situation involving mystery, dishonesty etc (the twilight world of espionage)
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1.
1. Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. = dusk N-UNCOUNT 2. Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down. ...the deepening autumn twilight. N-UNCOUNT 3. The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened. Now both men are in the twilight of their careers... N-SING: the N of n, N n 4. A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories. They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Usage: often attributive Date: 15th century 1. the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust; also a time of ~ 2. a. an intermediate state that is not clearly defined lived in the ~ of neutrality — Newsweek b. a period of decline the ~ of a great career ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, esp. in the evening. 2 the period of this. 3 a faint light. 4 a state of imperfect knowledge or understanding. 5 a period of decline or destruction. Phrases and idioms twilight sleep Med. a state of partial narcosis, esp. to ease the pain of childbirth. twilight zone 1 an urban area that is becoming dilapidated. 2 any physical or conceptual area which is undefined or intermediate. Etymology: ME f. OE twi- two (in uncert. sense) + LIGHT(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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сумерки, сумеречный - civil twilight - nautical twilight - twilight arch - twilight flash ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
6.
1. сумерки evening twilight —- вечерние сумерки 2. сумрак, полумрак 3. неточность представления или понятия; неясность (чего-либо) the twilight of the situation —- неясность положения 4. далекое прошлое, о котором мало что известно 5. период упадка, заката the twilight of the Roman Empire —- упадок Римской империи 6. сумеречный twilight hour —- время сумерек 7. проявляющийся в сумерках 8. сумеречный; неясный; оторванный от реальности twilight state —- сумеречное состояние 9. неопределенный; промежуточный twilight zone —- промежуточная область ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
7.
noun 1) сумерки; полумрак 2) fig. далекое прошлое, о котором мало что известно; неточное представление (о чем-л.) 3) период упадка, заката 4) attr. сумеречный, неясный; twilight vision med. - сумеречное зрение; twilight sleep med. - а) полусон (способ обезболивания родов); б) сумеречное состояние ...Англо-русский словарь
8.
- early 15c., from twi- + light. Exact connotation of twi- in this word is unclear, but it appears to refer to "half" light, rather than the fact that twilight occurs twice a day. Figurative extension is first recorded 1600. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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