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set SUNsetv [I]setting, past set (of the sun, moon or planets) to go down below the HORIZON (= the line at which the Earth seems to join the sky)（日、月、星）降于地平线之下，下落We sat on the beach and watched the sun set.我们坐在海滩上看着日落。The setting sun cast long shadows across the lawn.渐落的太阳在草地上投下了长长的影子。(fig.) It used to be said that Britain ruled an empire on which the sun would never set (= which would never end).过去常说大不列颠统治着日不落帝国。"His Majesty's dominions, on which the sun never sets" (Christopher North in Noctes Ambrosianae, 1829)“国王陛下的领土上太阳永不落。”（克里斯托弗·诺思《诸神之夜》） [SUNSET]
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