dusk
/dʌsk/ (bre, ipa) · /dʌsk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdəsk/ (ame, mw)
dusk — 名詞
1. the time in the evening when daylight fades and colours in the sky gradually dis
黃昏
太陽落下後、天色轉暗的時段
the time in the evening when daylight fades and colours in the sky gradually disappear, just before night begins.
Putri loved walking home at dusk, when the sky glowed orange and purple.
Putri 喜歡在黃昏時走路回家，那時天空泛著橘色和紫色的光芒。
The children were told to be inside by dusk, before the streets grew completely dark.
孩子們被告知要在黃昏前回到家，趁街道還沒完全變暗之前。
collocation: by dusk
In December, dusk arrives before five o'clock in northern countries like Finland.
在十二月，芬蘭等北方國家的黃昏在下午五點前就降臨了。
Mizuki sat on the porch and watched the colours of dusk spread across the fields.
Mizuki 坐在門廊上，看著黃昏的色彩在田野間蔓延開來。
From dawn to dusk, Rohan worked in the fields without taking a single break.
從黎明到黃昏，Rohan 在田裡工作，一刻也沒有休息。
- twilight
more poetic and literary; can refer to either the morning or evening period between light and dark, while dusk is specifically evening
- nightfall
focuses on the moment when night begins, whereas dusk emphasises the gradual fading period
- sundown
more informal and American; often refers to the exact moment of sunset rather than the following dim period
- dawn
the time in the morning when light first appears, opposite end of the day
文法句型
at dusk
by dusk
from dawn until dusk
用法筆記
Dusk is not a precise time — it describes the transition period when the sky is still partly lit after sunset. Compare with twilight (more poetic) and nightfall (the moment when darkness fully arrives).
常見錯誤
dusk — 形容詞
- duskpositive
- duskercomparative
- duskestsuperlative
1. having the shadowy, low-light quality of dusk; dim and difficult to see clearly
昏暗的
光線不足、微暗的
having the shadowy, low-light quality of dusk; dim and difficult to see clearly because of fading light.
The old photographs showed a dusky room with heavy curtains and a single lamp.
那些舊照片中顯示一個昏暗的房間，掛著厚重的窗簾，只點了一盞燈。
Amira could barely see the path in the dusky evening light.
Amira 在昏暗的暮色中幾乎看不到路徑。
dusky + evening light: describes dim natural lighting
The cave walls had a dusky blue colour that reminded Nellie of twilight.
洞穴牆壁帶著一種昏暗的藍色，讓 Nellie 想起暮色。
Tendai walked along a dusky street where the streetlights had not yet turned on.
Tendai 走在一條昏暗的街道上，路燈還沒有亮起。
- bright
full of light, the opposite of dim or dusky
文法句型
dusk + noun
be dusk
用法筆記
Dusk as an adjective is much less common than dusky. It appears mainly in literary or descriptive writing to suggest a soft, dim quality of light.
dusk — 動詞
- duskpresent simple I / you / we / they
- dusks3rd person singular
- dusking-ing form
- duskedpast simple
1. to grow gradually darker as the sun goes down and evening turns into night; used
變暗
天色逐漸變得昏暗
to grow gradually darker as the sun goes down and evening turns into night; used only of the sky or the time of day.
By the time they reached the mountain hut, the sky was already dusking.
他們到達山間小屋時，天色已經逐漸變暗了。
intransitive: the sky was dusking
In late November, the afternoon dusks shortly after four o'clock in Scotland.
在十一月下旬，蘇格蘭的下午四點過後不久天色就開始變暗。
As the sky dusked, the first stars appeared one by one above the desert.
天色逐漸變暗時，第一批星星一顆接一顆地出現在沙漠上空。
Lien hurried back to the camp as the afternoon began to dusk into evening.
下午逐漸變暗進入黃昏時，Lien 匆忙趕回營地。
- dawn
as a verb, describes the sky getting lighter in the morning
文法句型
sky dusks
it dusks
dusk into [time]
用法筆記
This verb is rare and used almost exclusively in literary writing. In everyday English, speakers say 'it got dark' or 'dusk fell' instead. It is always intransitive — you cannot say 'the clouds dusked the sky.'