| 单词 | black |
| 释义 | black (blæk ) Word forms: blacker , blackest , blacks , blacking , blacked 1. colour A1 Something that is black is of the darkest colour that there is, the colour of the sky at night when there is no light at all. She was wearing a black coat with a white collar. He had thick black hair. I wear a lot of black. He was dressed all in black. 2. adjective A2 A Black person belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race from Africa. He worked for the rights of Black people. Sherry is Black, tall, slender and soft-spoken. ...the traditions of the Black community. 3. countable noun [usually plural] Black people are sometimes referred to as Blacks. This use could cause offence, and it is better to use ‘a Black person’ or ‘Black people’. At that time there were about thirty-one million Blacks in the U.S. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Black coffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it. A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories. I drink coffee black. 5. adjective If you describe a situation as black, you are emphasizing that it is very bad indeed. [emphasis] It was, he said later, one of the blackest days of his political career. The future for the industry looks even blacker. Synonyms: terrible [informal], bad, devastating, tragic 6. adjective If someone is in a black mood, they feel very miserable and depressed. In late 1975, she fell into a black depression. Her mood was blacker than ever. Synonyms: gloomy, sad, depressing, distressing 7. graded adjective You use black to describe things that you consider to be very cruel or wicked. [literary] I think their crime is a blacker one than mere exploitation. ...the blackest laws in the country's history. Synonyms: wicked, bad, evil, corrupt 8. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Black humour involves jokes about sad or difficult situations. 'So you can all go over there and get shot,' he said, with the sort of black humour common among British troops here. It's a black comedy of mistaken identity and thwarted expectations. 9. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] People who believe in black magic believe that it is possible to communicate with evil spirits. He was also alleged to have conducted black magic ceremonies. The King was unjustly accused of practising the black arts. 10. verb If someone blacks another person's eye, they punch or hit that person in the eye, causing it to bruise and look black. Her brother blacked her eye. [VERB noun] He was trying to hide his two blacked eyes. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: bruise, mark, hit, injure 11. See also black eye 12. be black and blue phrase If you say that someone is black and blue, you mean that they are badly bruised. The next day I was black and blue and couldn't move my neck. Bud's nose was still black and blue. 13. be in the black phrase If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money. The company's operations in Japan are now in the black. Until his finances are in the black I don't want to get married. 14. black look phrase If someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something. Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold. 15. the new black phrase If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable. Beige is the new black, and works wonders for figures and complexions. 16. the new black phrase People say that something is the new black to mean that it is suddenly fashionable or popular. Intelligence is the new black, and books with an intellectual content are making a comeback. Phrasal verbs: black out 1. phrasal verb If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time. I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out. [VERB PARTICLE] Samadov said that he felt so ill that he blacked out. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply. Large parts of the capital were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb [usually passive] If a film or a piece of writing is blacked out, it is prevented from being broadcast or published, usually because it contains information which is secret or offensive. TV pictures of the demonstration were blacked out. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen. They went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Some Welsh activists have started blacking out English language road signs. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 5. phrasal verb If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you. I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 6. See also blackout Idioms: give someone a black eye to punish someone severely, but without causing them permanent harm, for something they have done Whenever the Liberal Democratic Party gets too cocky or corrupt, voters tend to give it a black eye. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a black box a process or system that produces a particular result although it is not understood how it works Only a decade ago cancer was a black box about which we knew nothing at the molecular level. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the black not owing anyone money Last year, the company was back in the black, showing a modest pre-tax surplus of £4.6 million. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in black and white written down We have a strict, clear rule in black and white, that sexual harassment will lead to expulsion. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers black and white a way of considering things that is too simple, judging things either as right or wrong That is not, any more, an accurate portrait of much of British society. People do not see these things purely in black and white. It's just not a black and white issue. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers black and blue badly bruised I spent that night in hospital and was released the next day with minor head and neck injuries. My face was black and blue. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the pot calling the kettle black said to mean that someone with a particular fault accuses someone else of having the same fault For him to be in a job telling people how to be safe driving is pretty much the pot calling the kettle black. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the black sheep or the black sheep of the family someone who is very different from the other people in their family or group and who is considered bad or worthless by them My aunt was very famous in those days, but because she was the black sheep of the family I was never encouraged to talk about her. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a black mark an expression of disapproval for something that you have done Any complaints, you got a black mark straight away, it didn't matter whether they were valid or not. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: black ink Then there are the ever-present problems that can cut into profits or change black ink to red. Times, Sunday Times Just going back to tattoos, if someone could invent a black ink that stayed black in the human epidermis, they'd make a fortune. Times, Sunday Times Limiting fiscal policy to black ink in fear of inflation stifles growth. Times,Sunday Times Sheltered beneath so much black ink, key individuals still get off lightly. Times, Sunday Times Not only did every superhero have a chest logo to identify him amid the blur, black ink lost its tone and came out blue. Times, Sunday Times None was terribly encouraging and the worst - a 'black sky' scenario - was truly dismal. Times, Sunday Times Steeling ourselves for the onslaught of people, neon and noise, we watched the stars emerge in black sky above us. Times, Sunday Times No lights are visible outside at night and you just look up at the incredible stars in an inky black sky. Times, Sunday Times Yet, though the black sky might have been a dome, it was not an occasion for mourning, for here was a match that raised the echoes. Times, Sunday Times Riding a vertical wind known as a 'mountain wave' into the black sky of near space, an experimental glider has set a world record for high-altitude flight. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 黑的 Japanese: 黒い |
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