twilight

1. (countable, uncountable)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.

   Near-synonym: half-light

   I could just make out her face in the twilight.

   Zwielicht, Dämmerung

   су́меркиsúmerki, су́мракsúmrak

   су́тінкиsútinky, при́смеркprýsmerk

   the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

2. (countable, uncountable)The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

   It was twilight by the time I got back home.

   Dämmerung, Abenddämmerung

   су́меркиsúmerki

3. (countable, uncountable)Any faint light through which something is seen.

   Zwielicht, Halbdunkel

   су́меркиsúmerki, су́мракsúmrak, полумра́кpolumrák

4. (countable, uncountable)The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.

5. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.

   The twilight of one's life

   , Book IV, Chapter XIV The twilight […] of probability.

1. There was eternal twilight in the place.

   У цьому місці були вічні сутінки. — iceman

   ruВ этом месте был вечный сумрак. — Hellerick

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2. We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.

   Ми знаходимося в сутінках нашої цивілізації. — deniko

   ruМы находимся в сумерках нашей цивилизации. — shanghainese

   deWir befinden uns selbst in der Dämmerung unserer Zivilisation. — Esperantostern

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3. The tree stands motionless, clothed in twilight, thickly bedecked with dewdrops.

   Непорушно стоять дерева, загорнені в сутінь, рясно вкриті краплистою росою. — Dorenda

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4. At twilight, snow looks deep blue.

   ruВ сумерках снег кажется синим. — nina99nv

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5. Nothing is visible in the twilight.

   ruВ сумерках ничего не видно. — Wezel

   deIn der Dämmerung ist nichts sichtbar. — Esperantostern

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