Nightfall

(n.) The close of the day.

编辑:桑德拉

• Leave this island before nightfall, or, by heaven, I will have you drowned like the rat you are! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Sherman, however, was not aware of the extent of our success until after nightfall, when he received orders to pursue at daylight in the morning. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• After nightfall we reached our tents, just outside of the nasty Arab village of Jonesborough. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• All day he was down town; and in winter it was long after nightfall when she heard his fagged step on the stairs and his hand on the school-room door. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The battle lasted three days; each day the Arabs attacked and the Persian host held its ground until nightfall called a truce. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As John Dawkins objected to their entering London before nightfall, it was nearly eleven o'clock when they reached the turnpike at Islington. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• All this happened towards evening, and before nightfall, when my husband went to Catherick's house, he was gone, nobody knew where. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was nearly nightfall, and we had eaten nothing since early morning, so that we spent some time over our meal. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Wallace brought 5,000 more after nightfall. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But the communication was liable to be interrupted by fogs, as well as by nightfall. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• By nightfall the late defenders of Camp Jackson were all within the walls of the St. Louis arsenal, prisoners of war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The report of this reached me after nightfall. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We went into the town before nightfall and looked at its people--we cared nothing about its houses. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

编辑:默里