sundown

英 [ˈsʌndaʊn]

美 [ˈsʌndaʊn]

n.  日落时分

BNC.36620 / COCA.15989

牛津词典

noun

• 日落时分
  the time when the sun goes down and night begins

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 日落时分
  Sundownis the time when the sun sets.
  1. The fighting broke out about two hours after sundown.
     日落后大约两小时战斗打响了。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 sunset

英英释义

noun

• the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
  Synonym:sunset

双语例句

• In the meantime, we'll rest here until sundown.
  同时，我们在此休息到日落。
• The answer would come before sundown.
  日落前就可以见分晓了。
• It was about an hour before sundown.
  那是在日落前一小时的光景。
• The fighting broke out about two hours after sundown.
  日落后大约两小时战斗打响了。
• The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown.
  这位摄影师恰好在日落前一小时赶到了临时跑道。
• "I love the smell of sundown", she told me once.
  我爱黄昏的气息，一次她告诉我。
• 2 they fasted until sundown and then started the festival.
  他们斋戒到日落，接着开始庆祝这个节庆。
• His domestic life had led him to strictly diurnal habits, and by sundown he was always asleeo.
  他的家庭生活使他严守白天工作的习惯，到日落时他总是已经蘸了。
• I go no more away For visitor, or sundown;
  我不再离开为了会客，或者日落；
• Sundown was five hours away. I wasn't sure I would make it.
  离天黑还有五个小时，我不知道来不来得及。