记忆方法
1. 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.
2. 本人认为该词的字面含义应为：两天之间的过度时期的亮度，也就是从前一天的黄昏到第二天的黎明这期间的亮度，因为这就是两天之间的过度时期，是一个承前启后的时期。
3. Twilight Syndrome (黄昏症候群): 一部日本电影的名字和游戏.
2. 本人认为该词的字面含义应为：两天之间的过度时期的亮度，也就是从前一天的黄昏到第二天的黎明这期间的亮度，因为这就是两天之间的过度时期，是一个承前启后的时期。
3. Twilight Syndrome (黄昏症候群): 一部日本电影的名字和游戏.
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词族 · twilight
词形变化
中文词源
twilight 薄暮，黄昏
twi-,二，此处表虚数，light,光线。比喻用法。
英语词源
- twilight
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twilight: [15] Twilight is etymologically ‘light between day and night’. The word was compounded from the prefix twi- ‘two’, apparently used here in the sense ‘between’ (between itself comes from the same ultimate source as two) and light. German has the parallel zwielicht.
=> two - twilight (n.)
- "light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon at morning and evening," late 14c. (twilighting), a compound of twi- + light (n.) Cognate with Middle Flemish twilicht, Dutch tweelicht (16c.), Middle High German twelicht, German zwielicht. 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. Compare also Sanskrit samdhya "twilight," literally "a holding together, junction," Middle High German zwischerliecht, literally "tweenlight." Originally and most commonly in English with reference to evening twilight but occasionally used of morning twilight (a sense first attested mid-15c.). Figurative extension recorded from c. 1600.
Twilight zone is from 1901 in a literal sense, a part of the sky lit by twilight; from 1909 in extended senses in references to topics or cases where authority or behavior is unclear. In the 1909 novel "In the Twilight Zone," the reference is to mulatto heritage. "She was in the twilight zone between the races where each might claim her ...." The U.S. TV series of that name is from 1959.
权威例句
- 1. I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.
- 我老了，到了生命的暮年。
- 2. They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.
- 他们成了军队人员与平民雇员之间身份界定不清的人。
- 3. Now both men are in the twilight of their careers.
- 现在两人的事业都到了没落期。
- 4. The twilight had turned to a deep blackness.
- 暮色渐浓，变成了漆黑一片。
- 5. It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight .
- 在朦胧的暮色中很难看清他。
词语辨析
【dawn, twilight, dusk】
这组词都有“黎明，黄昏”的意思，其区别是：
dawn: 指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。
twilight: 指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。
dusk: 指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。
这组词都有“黎明，黄昏”的意思，其区别是：
dawn: 指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。
twilight: 指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。
dusk: 指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。