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The moment the sun goes down and disappears below the horizon — the same thing as 'sunset'. The difference is feel, not meaning. 'Sunset' is the everyday word and is also what you call the beautiful red sky itself ('look at that sunset!').
The moment the sun goes down and disappears below the horizon太陽落下、消失在地平線下的那一刻 — the same thing as 'sunset'.──跟「sunset」是同一件事。The difference is差別在 feel, not meaning.語感,不在意思。'Sunset' is the everyday word「sunset」是日常用字, and is also what you call the beautiful red sky itself也可以用來指那片美麗的紅色天空本身 ('look at that sunset!').(例如「look at that sunset!」)。
'Sundown' points at the *time* rather than the view, and it carries a slightly old, American, rural flavour — cowboy films, farm work, 'be home by sundown'. It also turns up in rules and religious contexts where a deadline matters: many Jewish and Muslim observances are counted from sundown to sundown.
'Sundown' points at the *time* rather than the view,「sundown」指的是「時間點」而不是景色, and it carries a slightly old, American, rural flavour而且帶點老派、美式、鄉村的味道 — cowboy films, farm work, 'be home by sundown'.──牛仔電影、農場工作、「be home by sundown」這種說法。It also turns up in rules and religious contexts where a deadline matters:它也會出現在需要精確截止時間的規定和宗教場合裡: many Jewish and Muslim observances are counted from sundown to sundown.許多猶太教和伊斯蘭教的節期,都是從日落算到日落。
It is normally uncountable and used without 'the': 'at sundown', 'before sundown', 'after sundown'. There is a verb 'to sundown' in older or technical use, but you will not need it and should not use it.
It is normally uncountable and used without 'the':它通常是不可數的,而且不加「the」: 'at sundown', 'before sundown', 'after sundown'.像「at sundown」、「before sundown」、「after sundown」。There is a verb 'to sundown' in older or technical use,有一個動詞「to sundown」,用在較舊或較專業的場合, but you will not need it and should not use it.但你不需要用到它,也不應該用它。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sundownnoun/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
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Sunset.
- We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.
- Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor An inner trouble I behold, A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]
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A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
sundownverb/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
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To experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at the approach of nightfall.
- "She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7."
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。