Definizione monolingua

twilight

twilight (plural twilights)

1. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

   I could just make out her face in the twilight.

2. The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

   It was twilight by the time I got back home.

3. Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

   The twilight of probability. —John Locke.

twilight (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or resembling twilight

   O’er the twilight groves and dusky caves. —Alexander Pope.

Definizione dizionario twilight

	crepuscolo
	time between daylight and darkness
	faint light; dubious medium
	light before rising, and after the setting, of the sun

alba

fino

tramonto

Altri significati:

Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

Pertaining to or resembling twilight

(evening) twilight

Time period between complete darkness and sunrise or sunset.

A period of time at the end of the day shortly after sunset during which the light fades gradually.

dim or faint light

The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.