twilight
/ˈtwaɪlaɪt/noun
mass noun
1- the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere暮光; 曙光。
1.1
- the period of the evening during which this takes place, between daylight and darkness黄昏：
a pleasant walk in the woods at twilight.
黄昏时美好的林中散步。
1.2
- in sing. figurative a period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline〈喻〉朦胧时期, 模糊时期, 衰落时期; 朦胧状态, 模糊状态, 衰落状态：
he was in the twilight of his career.
他处于事业的晚期。
词源
late Middle English: from Old English twi- 'two' (used in an obscure sense in this compound)+LIGHT1.