Sunsetとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun +‎ set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.^[1]

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
• 韻: -ʌnsɛt

名詞

sunset (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sunsets)

1. The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

   at sunset

   • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:

     ’Twas sunset: when the sun will part
     There comes a sullenness of heart
     To him who still would look upon
     The glory of the summer sun.

2. The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
3. (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
   • 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasure of Hope:

     'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.

   one's sunset years

4. (attributively) A set termination date.

   The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

5. The region where the sun sets; the west.

同意語

• (time): dusk, sundown (米国用法), nightfall, twilight; see also Thesaurus:dusk
• (change in color of the sky at sunset):
• (final period of life): end, final act, swansong
• (attributively: of または relating to the final period of life): last, terminal, twilight

反意語

• sunrise

派生語

動詞

sunset (三人称単数 現在形 sunsets, 現在分詞 sunsetting, 過去形および過去分詞形 sunsetted)

1. (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.

   We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

   • 2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist‎^[1]:

     Last December, Yahoo announced plans to “sunset” more well-known services, including the pioneering social bookmarking service del.icio.us.

参考

• moonset

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