twilight
/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/
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American sound/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/
twilight
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- Short i vowel
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twi - light -> twilight
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဆည်းဆာချိန်
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၁။ (က) ညနေဆည်းဆာ။ နေဝင် ဆည်းဆာ။ I couldn't see their faces clearly in the twilight. (ခ) နေဝင်ဆည်းဆာ။ a walk along the beach at twilight.
၂။ the ~ (of sth) (rhet ) နေဝင်ချိန်။ နိဂုံးချုပ်ချိန်။ in the twilight of his career ❍ his twilight years.
၃။ မရေမရာ၊ မပြတ်မသား အခြေအနေ။ live in a twilight world of truth and half-truth.
❏ twilight zone n မပြတ်မသားအခြေအနေ။ Wrestling is in a twilight zone between sport and entertainment.
❏ twilit /'twaÇlÇt/ adj နေဝင်ဆည်းဆာ။ in the twilit gloom.
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dusk, nightfall, evening, sunset, sundown, adusk, afterglow, afterlight, crepuscular, crepuscular light, dark-complexioned, darkish, decline, dimness, dusky, early evening, ebb, end, eventide, gloaming, half-light, last phase, late, late-afternoon, late-night, lightless, low key, night, soft, swart, twilit, unilluminated
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