twilight

«twilight» in Mova's school dictionary: the dim light in the sky just after the sun sets, or just… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (twilight, twilights); adjective (twilight)

meaning for a pupil

1) Twilight is the dim light in the sky just after the sun sets, or just before it rises. tree →

2) Twilight is the time when this light appears. tree →

3) The twilight of something is its last, weaker stage: «the twilight of his life». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on day and night: twilight happens because the sun lights up the sky even when it is below the horizon. In stories, twilight is a mysterious, gloomy time when bats come out. In safety: wear bright clothes when cycling at twilight because drivers see less.

examples

• We walked home in the twilight. tree →
• Bats come out at twilight to catch insects. tree →
• At twilight the sky turned pink and purple. tree →
• Wear something bright if you cycle at twilight. tree →
• The old dog was in the twilight of his life. tree →
• The garden looked magical in the twilight. tree →
• Owls start hunting at twilight. tree →
• Here he hid himself and waited for the twilight. tree →

note

Usually uncountable: «in the twilight», «at twilight». Similar words: dusk (evening twilight), dawn (morning). Myth: twilight is not only in the evening; there is morning twilight too.

In the corpora

• My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.
• In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «twilight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.