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- the darker stage of twilight薄暮, 黄昏：
dusk was falling rapidly
薄暮在很快降临
working the land from dawn to dusk.
起早摸黑地种地。
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- mass noun semi-darkness微暗, 昏暗, 幽暗：
in the dusk of an Istanbul night club.
在伊斯坦布尔一家夜总会昏暗的灯光下。
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- poetic/literary grow dark〈诗/文〉变暗, 变黑：
as adj. dusking he saw the lights blaze in the dusking sky.他看见灯光在黄昏的天空中闪耀。
- poetic/literary shadowy, dim, or dark.〈诗/文〉 阴暗的, 暗淡的, 昏暗的, 幽暗的, 黑暗的。
词源
Old English dox 'dark, swarthy' and doxian 'darken in colour', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin 'darkish'; compare with DUN1. The noun dates from the early 17th cent. The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English.