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IELTS BNC: 651 COCA: 961

evening

1 evening /ˈiːvnɪŋ/ noun
plural evenings
1 evening
/ˈiːvnɪŋ/
noun
plural evenings
Learner's definition of EVENING
[count]
: the last part of the day and early part of the night晚上;傍晚
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
: an event or activity that happens during an evening晚会;晚间活动
literary : a late part of something (such as a person's life)暮年;晚年;末期
2 evening
2 evening
Learner's definition of EVENING
present participle of 3even
IELTS BNC: 651 COCA: 961

evening

1 of 2

noun

eve·​ning ˈēv-niŋ How to pronounce evening (audio)
often attributive
1
a
: the latter part and close of the day and early part of the night
b
chiefly Southern US and Midland US : afternoon
c
: the period from sunset or the evening meal to bedtime
2
: the latter portion
3
: the period of an evening's entertainment

evening

2 of 2

adjective

: suitable for formal or semiformal evening social occasions
evening dress
evening clothes

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun We're going out to dinner this evening. He devotes his evenings to charity work. They left on the evening of July 26. We're looking forward to an evening at the theater. several fun-filled evenings of poker He met her in the evening of his life. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The choice to take a call in the evening and converse with a sibling over nothing in particular is entirely her responsibility. Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022 Hosted by Jessica Marie Garcia and Annie Gonzalez, the evening honored George Lopez and Mayan Lopez, recent Emmy winner Colman Domingo, Wilmer Valderrama, Yvett Merino, Xolo Maridueña, Francia Raisa and Apple TV+. Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022 The evening will be informative for Angelenos ahead of the Nov. 8 general election, which will include the runoff for the next mayor and sheriff. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 In California, the operator that manages most of the state's power grid issued an alert Thursday calling on residents to set thermostats to 78 degrees or higher, avoid using major appliances and turn off all unnecessary lights in the evening. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 There are also activities for children, raffles and food, and the evening culminates with a large fireworks display. Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2022 But blessedly, the evening also offers something else for participants: relief from the anxiety of envelopes opening. Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 There were early pockmarks of sloppy play, but in the end, the evening sizzled with excellence, and Serena affirmed her superiority, winning, 7-6, 7-6. Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022 As a team of scientists motor out off Key Biscayne, the evening seems perfect — subtle breeze, balmy water, a ruby sunset cutting through clouds. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022
Adjective
During his flight, Trump complained on Twitter that the cable networks were not carrying the roll call (the networks also did not air pre-evening events for the Democratic convention). John Fritze, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2020 Evening temperatures slip back through the 70s with overnight lows in the low-to-mid 60s downtown, upper 50s elsewhere. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2017 Evening procession: The Feast closes with an procession following the 8 p.m. Mass on Aug. 15. Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2017 Evening practice brings back high school memories for some Ducks. Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 9 Aug. 2017 Evening entertainment runs to joining locals at the town's ever-hopping Mini Golf Club, open until someone has finally had enough. Cnt Editors, CNT, 31 May 2017 Evening session tickets are $12 for general admission and $22 for reserved seating.• Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian to grow toward evening, from ǣfen evening; akin to Old High German āband evening and perhaps to Greek epi on

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1782, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of evening was before the 12th century
IELTS BNC: 651 COCA: 961
evening

noun¹

1part of the day晚上ADJECTIVE | VERB + EVENING | EVENING + VERB | EVENING + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEthis, tomorrow, yesterday今天/明天/昨天晚上Friday, Saturday, etc.星期五、星期六等晚上weekday (especially BrE) 工作日的晚上a popular place to hang out on weekday evenings一個平日晚上聚一聚的好去處April, May, etc.四月、五月等的晚上spring, summer, etc.春天、夏天等的晚上long漫長的夜晚the long winter evenings漫長的冬夜dark黑沉沉的夜晚quiet安靜的夜晚balmy, beautiful, fine, golden, warm氣候宜人的/美麗的/美好的/金色的/溫暖的夜晚romantic浪漫的夜晚The two spent a romantic evening together.兩人共度了一個浪漫之夜。cold, cool, dry寒冷的/涼爽的/乾燥的夜晚early, late黃昏;晚間It was early evening and very still.日暮時份,萬籟俱寂。previous前一天晚上8 o'clock the previous evening前一天晚上 8 點鐘following, next第二天晚上The ball would take place the following evening.舞會將在第二天晚上舉行。entire, whole整個晚上He spent the entire evening chatting with friends.他整晚都在和朋友閒聊。VERB + EVENINGspend度過夜晚We spent the evening walking around the town.我們在鎮上四處逛,消磨夜晚時光。begin, start晚上先做⋯We started our evening by watching TV.晚上我們先看的電視。end結束夜晚What a way to end an evening!一晚上竟然這樣結束了!enjoy享受夜晚thoroughly enjoying a quiet evening at home在家徹底享受一個寧靜的夜晚ruin, spoil毀掉/糟蹋夜晚的時光I don't want to ruin your evening.我不想破壞你晚間的時光。EVENING + VERBprogress, wear on夜漸漸變深As the evening wore on, Phil became very drunk.夜色漸濃,菲爾變得醉醺醺的了。EVENING + NOUNlight, sky, star, sun夜晚的燈光;夜空;昏星;落日air, breeze夜晚的空氣/微風the cool evening air夜晚涼爽的空氣meal (especially BrE) 晚餐stroll, walk晚間散步shift晚班class, course夜校的課程entertainment, event, performance, reception, show晚間娛樂/活動/表演/招待會/演出prayer, service晚禱rush hour傍晚交通高峰時段news, newscast, newspaper, paper晚間新聞;晚間新聞播報;晚報PREPOSITIONduring the evening在晚上for an/the evening度過夜晚Her parents were out for the evening.她父母親晚上出去了。in the evening晚上(on) Friday, etc. evening, on the evening of在星期五等晚上;在⋯晚上on the evening of May 15在 5 月 15 日晚上PHRASESan evening off, an evening out晚上出去You deserve an occasional evening out.你該偶爾晚上出去玩玩。good evening晚上好
evening

noun²

2event happening in the evening晚間活動ADJECTIVE | VERB + EVENING | EVENING + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgala, musical, social晚會;音樂晚會;社交晚會open, parents' (especially BrE) ( 學校的 ) 開放之夜; ( 學校的 ) 家長晚會Prospective students were invited to the school's open evening.有入學意向者獲邀參加學校的開放晚會。enjoyable, fun, lovely, memorable, nice, perfect, pleasant, successful, wonderful愉快的晚會;有趣的晚會;難忘的晚會;美好的晚會;完美的晚會;愉快的晚會;成功的晚會;精彩的晚會VERB + EVENINGhold舉行晚會The club will hold a social evening to welcome new members.俱樂部將舉行聯歡晚會來歡迎新成員。host主持晚會He hosted the evening in front of a celebrity audience.他主持了這次晚會,台下全是知名人士。open開始晚會The orchestra opened the evening with an overture.管弦樂隊以一首序曲拉開了晚會的序幕。EVENING + NOUNclothes, dress, gown, wear晚禮服;女裝晚禮服PREPOSITIONduring the evening, for the evening在晚會期間;為晚會活動

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