evening

英 ['i?v(?)n??] 美['ivn??]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?evenings;副詞:?evenings;

evening 傍晚

even，黃昏。-ing, 動(dòng)名詞后綴，此處用做名詞。

evening: evening: [OE] Evening is a derivative of even [OE], a word for ‘evening’ now restricted to bad poetry. This came ultimately from an Indo- European base, whose general meaning of ‘lateness’ is pointed up by other descendants such as Sanskrit apara- ‘later, western’, Greek opsé ‘late’, and Gothic iftuma ‘following, later’. The specific application to ‘latter part of the day’ seems only to have occurred in the Germanic languages, where it is represented in German abend and Dutch avond, and also possibly in Swedish afton and Danish aften (although these could be from another source).

The Old English word was ?fen, which formed the basis of a verb ?fnian ‘become evening’; the verbal noun derived from this has become English evening. Eve [13], as in ‘Christmas eve’, is a Middle English reduction of even.
evening (n.): from Old English ?fnung "the coming of evening, sunset, time around sunset," verbal noun from ?fnian "become evening, grow toward evening," from ?fen "evening" (see eve). As a synonym of even (n.) in the sense "time from sunset to bedtime," it dates from mid-15c. and now entirely replaces the older word in this sense. Another Old English noun for "evening" was cwildtid.

1. The most pleasurable experience of the evening was the wonderful fireworks display.: 這個(gè)晚上最讓人高興的就是精彩的焰火表演。

2. It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.: 今晚我做完的時(shí)候剛過(guò)7點(diǎn)。

3. The evening show was terrible, with hesitant unsure performances from all.: 晚上的演出很糟，所有人都縮手縮腳，顯得很不自信。

4. It's been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.: 那是個(gè)美好的夜晚，你讓一切成為可能。