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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.
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In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
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Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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{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}.
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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.
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His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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It will even all inequalities --Evelyn.
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2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." --Fuller.
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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.
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4. To set right; to complete.
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5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
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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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