sunset

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sun·set [sunset sunsets] noun, adjective, verb BrE [ˈsʌnset] NAmE [ˈsʌnset]
noun
1. uncountable the time when the sun goes down and night begins
•Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.
2. countable the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening
•a spectacular sunset
3. countable a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end
•There is a five-year sunset on the new tax.

Example Bank:
•The trees were black against the sunset.
•They sat in the last glow of the sunset.
•We walked along the beach at sunset.
•a beautiful sunset over the bay
•After sunset the temperature drops.
•At the end he gets back on his horse and rides off into the sunset.
•We sat by the river and watched the sunset.

 
adjective only before noun
1. used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a ↑sunset
•sunset yellow
2. used to describe sth that is near its end, or that happens at the end of sth
•This is his sunset tour after fifty years as a singer.
3. (of a law or the effect of a law)designed to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time
•a two-year sunset clause in the new law
 
verb (-tt-)intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (of a law or the effect of a law)
to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time
•The tax relief will sunset after a year.
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• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sunset(a), sundown