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draw in
phrasal verb with drawverbuk /drɔː/ us /drɑː/drew | drawn
UK
If days, evenings, or nights draw in, it becomes darker earlier because autumn or winter is coming.（天黑得）渐早;（白昼）渐短
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Darkness & becoming dark
blackness
crepuscular
darkened
darkness
dim
dimly
dimness
dingily
dingy
dull
inky
pitch darkness
pitchy
plunge someone/something into darkness
semi-darkness
shade
shaded
silhouette
silhouetted
twilight
As the shades of evening draw in, the parlour twilight—the closed curtains— and the cheerful fire—make home a little paradise to all.
Far over the countryside housewives put up their cottage shutters, lit their lamps, and made the customary remark that the days were drawing in.
The nights were drawing in, and a damp fog from the sea had drizzled the trees, and the ivy, and even his own moustache with cold misery.
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