中文词源
sunset 日落，夕阳
sun,太阳，set,坐下，落山。
英语词源
- sunset (n.)
- late 14c., from sun (n.) + set (v.). Perhaps from a Middle English subjunctive such as before the sun set. Old English had sunnansetlgong "sunset," while sunset meant "west." Figurative use from c. 1600. To ride off into the sunset (1963) is from the stereotypical ending of cowboy movies.
权威例句
- 1. The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
- 日落时开斋，按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。
- 2. There was a red sunset over Paris.
- 巴黎的天空映着红色的晚霞。
- 3. We worked from sunup to sunset.
- 我们从日出工作到日落。
- 4. Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.
- 每天傍晚日落时都要降旗。
- 5. A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset.
- 日落西山时,天空出现了一个移动的发亮物体.