vespertine
/ves-per-tin, -tahyn/US // ˈvɛs pər tɪn, -ˌtaɪn //UK // (ˈvɛspəˌtaɪn) //
维斯伯丁
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- : Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
- : Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.
Examples
Up Broadway Chandler moved with the vespertine dress parade.
The vespertine hour was nigh, and over this iron landscape there floated the moon, an opal button in the sky.
Odors from strong bacon and boiling coffee contended against the cut-plug fumes from the vespertine pipe.
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