英単語

sunsetの意味・使い方・発音

sunset

英 ['sʌnset] 美 ['sʌnsɛt]
  • n.日没、夕方

語源


日没 sunset

sun、sun、set、sit、go down.

英語の語源


sunset (n.)
late 14c., from sun (n.) + set (v.). Perhaps from a Middle English subjunctive such as before the sun set. Old English had sunnansetlgong "sunset," while sunset meant "west." Figurative use from c. 1600. To ride off into the sunset (1963) is from the stereotypical ending of cowboy movies.

例文


1. The fast is broken at sunset ,traditionally with dates and water.
日没時に開斎し、伝統によってナツメヤシを食べ、水を飲む。

2.There was a red sunset over Paris.
パリの空に赤い夕焼けが映えている。

3.We worked from sunup to sunset .
日の出から日の入りまで仕事をしています。

4.Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.
毎日夕方の日没時に旗を降ろす。

5.A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset .
日が西に沈むと、空には動く発光物体が現れた。

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