sẩm tối
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Definition
Noun: - Dusk, twilight, nightfall: The time of day immediately following sunset, when the sky is growing dark but it is not yet completely night.
Usage
- Describes a specific time of day: Used to indicate the period between sunset and full darkness.
- Often used in descriptive or poetic contexts: Commonly appears in literature and everyday descriptions of the evening.
Usage Examples
- As a noun indicating time:
- Trời đã sẩm tối. (It was already dusk.)
- Chúng tôi về nhà lúc sẩm tối. (We returned home at dusk.)
- Sẩm tối, không khí trở nên mát mẻ. (At dusk, the air becomes cool.)
Advanced Usage
- "Giờ sẩm tối": The dusk hour.
- Giờ sẩm tối là lúc nhiều loài chim bay về tổ. (The dusk hour is when many birds fly back to their nests.)
- "Trời sẩm tối dần": The sky is gradually getting dark.
- Trời sẩm tối dần, chúng tôi phải bật đèn lên. (The sky was gradually getting dark, so we had to turn on the lights.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chạng vạng: (Noun) Twilight, gloaming. A near-synonym, often used interchangeably with , though can sometimes refer to both dawn and dusk.
- Hoàng hôn: (Noun) Sunset. Specifically refers to the time the sun sets and the visual phenomenon, while refers to the darker period immediately after.
- Tối: (Noun/Adjective) Night / Dark. Refers to full darkness or the state of being dark.
Synonyms
- Dusk: The darker stage of twilight.
- Twilight: The soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon.
- Nightfall: The onset of night; the beginning of darkness.
- Gloaming: (Literary) Twilight, dusk.
Notes on Meaning
- Primary Meaning: The core meaning is the period of fading light after sunset. It is a single, specific time concept.
- Nuance: emphasizes the process of darkening and the onset of night, carrying a slightly more poetic or atmospheric tone than the simple word (night/dark).