dusk

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dusk [dusk dusks] BrE [dʌsk] NAmE [dʌsk] noun uncountable
the time of day when the light has almost gone, but it is not yet dark
Syn: ↑twilight
•The street lights go on at dusk.
•I've been on the go from dawn to dusk.
•She arrived home as dusk was falling.
compare ↑dawn

Word Origin:
Old English dox ‘dark, swarthy’ and doxian ‘darken in colour’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin ‘darkish’; compare with ↑dun. The noun dates from the early 17th cent. The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English.

Example Bank:
•The lamps twinkled in the gathering dusk.
•She works from dawn to dusk and sometimes at night.
•The streetlights go on at dusk.
•We arrived in town as dusk was falling.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  twilight, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle