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evening 音标拼音: ['ivnɪŋ]
n. 傍晚,晚上;晚会;后期,末期,衰落期 傍晚,晚上;晚会;後期,末期,衰落期 evening n 1: the latter part of the day ( the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); " he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [ synonym: { evening}, { eve}, { even}, { eventide}] 2: a later concluding time period; " it was the evening of the Roman Empire" 3: the early part of night ( from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; " an evening at the opera" Evening \ E" ven* ing\, n. [ AS. [= ae] fnung. See { even}, n., and cf. { Eve}.] 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun. [ 1913 Webster] In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. -- Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. " Evening Prayer." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Evening flower} ( Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants ({ Hesperantha}) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword- shaped leaves, and sweet- scented flowers which expand in the evening. { Evening grosbeak} ( Zo[" o] l.), an American singing bird ({ Coccothraustes vespertina}) having a very large bill. Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening. { Evening primrose}. See under { Primrose}. { The evening star}, the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also { Vesper} and { Hesperus}. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See { Morning Star}. [ 1913 Webster]
Even \ E" ven\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Evened}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Evening}] 1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth. [ 1913 Webster] His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. -- Sir. W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster] It will even all inequalities -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To equal. [ Obs.] " To even him in valor." -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits; to make equal; as, to even the score. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To set right; to complete. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To act up to; to keep pace with. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " evening": accommodation, adjustment, afternoon, balancing, close of day, cockshut, coordination, crepuscular, dimpsy, dusk, duskiness, duskness, dusky, equalization, equalizing, equating, equation, equilibration, eve, even, evening up, evensong, eventide, gloaming, grayness, harmonization, integration, nightfall, party, reception, regularization, salon, setting sun, shut of day, soiree, sundown, sunset, sunsetty, symmetrization, the expiring day, twilight, twilighty, vesper, vespertine |
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