Word · Frequency #651
evening
傍晚；晚上
the time of day between afternoon and night
- 1.
The time of day between afternoon and night.
下午和夜晚之间的一段时间。
- 2.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
傍晚；黄昏
- 3.
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
从大致仲冬黄昏到午夜之间的一段时间(与下午相对)；正规办公时间结束后的时段。
- 4.
a later concluding time period
晚年；末期
- 5.
A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
结束的时段；接近某事终点的时刻；某事结束的开始。
- 6.
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
晚间；晚上
- 7.
A party or gathering held in the evening.
在晚上举行的聚会或集会。
某个晚上；晚会；晚间聚会；晚年；末期；最后阶段；下午和夜晚之间的一段时间。；傍晚；黄昏
In use
I usually go for a walk in the evening after dinner.
We spent a pleasant evening watching a movie.
The evening air was cool and refreshing.
he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
it was the evening of the Roman Empire
an evening at the opera
in the evening
泛指在傍晚时段，不加冠词。
I like to read in the evening.
我喜欢在傍晚读书。
on ... evening
用于具体某一天的晚上，前面加介词on。
Connections
Collocations
- good evening
- 晚上好
- Good evening, Mr. Smith.晚上好，史密斯先生。
- this evening
- 今晚
- We are going to the cinema this evening.我们今晚去看电影。
- evening news
- 晚间新闻
- I watch the evening news every day.我每天都看晚间新闻。
- evening meal
- 晚餐
- We usually have our evening meal at 7 o'clock.我们通常在7点吃晚餐。
- evening dress
- 晚礼服
- She wore a beautiful evening dress to the party.她穿了一件漂亮的晚礼服去参加派对。
- evening class
- 夜校；晚间课程
Learner notes
Memory Tip
evening 谐音‘依宁’，依偎在宁静的傍晚。
Context & Register
通常用于日常对话和正式场合，表示傍晚到就寝前的时间段。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words meaning, cleaning, leaning, weaning, and preening truly rhyme with evening because they share the stressed vowel /iː/ and the ending /nɪŋ/. Morning also ends in -ing but has a different stressed vowel /ɔː/, so it does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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