🇬🇧🇨🇳 twilight - 暮 : English Lesson

Meaning of "twilight" ("暮"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Twilight is the short, magical time in the evening just after the sun goes down, when it’s not daytime anymore but not fully dark yet, and the sky can look purple, pink, orange, or blue all at once.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

We tried to eat dinner outside at twilight, but the mosquitoes also thought it was their dinner time.

At twilight, the birds were going to bed, the crickets were waking up, and my homework was still pretending not to exist.

Grandpa calls twilight his “snore o’clock,” because that’s exactly when he falls asleep in his chair mid-sentence.

Twilight is when the sun has gone home, but the sky forgot to switch off the lights properly.

Twilight doesn’t just happen in the evening—there’s also morning twilight before sunrise, which means the sky has TWO chances every day to show off its fancy colors.

At twilight a child and her father sat on a small hill as twilight fell. Twilight made the sky soft orange and blue. Twilight brought the first star, and birds went home. The child pointed at the star and smiled as the street lamp came on. In the end, they walked home in the quiet twilight.

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This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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