evening

• n. 夕方；夜；（祝賀）パーティー；遅い.
• adj.夕方には; 夕方のために; 夜のために
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夕方、夕暮れ。-ingは名詞として使われる接尾辞。

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.

この夜一番うれしいのは素晴らしい花火ショーです。

2.It was just gone 7 o 'clock this evening when I finished.

今晩私がやったのは7時を過ぎたばかりでした。

3.The evening show was terrible,with hesitant unsure performances from all.

夜の演出は悪く、誰もが足をすくめて自信がないように見えた。

4.It 's been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.

それは素晴らしい夜で、あなたはすべてを可能にします。

5.After a long evening of partying he looked tired.

一晩中お祭り騒ぎをした後、彼は疲れているように見えた。