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单词 darkening
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darkeningn.

Brit. /ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ/, /ˈdɑːkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɑrk(ə)nɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈdark(ə)nɪŋ/
Forms: see darken v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: darken v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < darken v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier darking n.
1. The process of becoming dark or darker (in various senses); the action of darkening something; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > making or becoming dark
darkeninga1450
obscuring1611
intenebration1656
obscurement1694
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xviii. l. 326 (MED) There Cam On hem the wondrest dirkeneng, That hem thowghte here sighte was gon.
1577 T. Rogers tr. S. à Geveren Of Ende of World f. 18 Before his commyng, there shalbe a darkenyng of the Sunne and Moone, and..the qualities of the heauens shalbe troubled.
1674 W. Allen Danger of Enthusiasm 20 You confound things together which are distinct, to the darkning of them in your understandings.
1717 J. Hog Let. 3 Dec. in E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divinity (1752) p. xvi A darkning of the glorious Gospel, and Perversion thereof, by anti-evangelical Errors and Heresies.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. iii. iv. 310 The darkening of the skin caused by long exposure to sunshine.
1907 B. S. Saunier Tree-pilot ii. 26 A sudden darkening and closeness told him that a storm was brewing.
1977 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 11/7 A striking deepening of feeling at the close of the first act is balanced by a similar darkening of mood at the end of the second.
2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 272 The disease sometimes causes darkening of the extremities, face and abdomen.
2. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Frequently with the. Nightfall; dusk, twilight.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall
nighteOE
evengloamOE
eveningOE
gloamingc1000
darknessa1382
twilighting1387
crepusculum1398
crepusculec1400
darkc1400
twilight1412
sky1515
twinlightc1532
day-going?1552
cockshut1592
shutting1598
blind man's holiday1599
candle-lighting1605
gropsing1606
nightfall1612
dusk1622
torchlighta1656
candlelight1663
crepuscle1665
shut1667
mock-shade1669
close1696
duskish1696
glooma1699
setting1699
dimmit1746
to-fall of the day or night1748
darklins1767
even-close1781
mirkning1790
gloaming-shot1793
darkening1814
bat-flying time1818
gloama1821
between-light1821
settle1822
dayfall1823
evenfall1825
onfall1825
owl-hoot1832
glooming1842
darkfall1884
smokefall1936
dusk-light1937
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv*. 216 It is nigh the darkening, sir. View more context for this quotation
1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 296 The cock is shut up..from darkening till after our breakfast.
1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 242/2 The time to go fishing on the Eden is at darkening.
1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 65 The short October day had dookit doon to the darkening as we widdled in by the Clachan o' the 'Shaws.
2004 High Mountain Mar. 96/1 We could hear nothing but the cry of the golden plovers and the drum of the snipes' wings as we reached Carnmore in the darkening.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

darkeningadj.

Brit. /ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ/, /ˈdɑːkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɑrk(ə)nɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s–1600s darkning, 1700s– darkening.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: darken v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < darken v. + -ing suffix2.
1. That becomes dark or darker (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > making or becoming dark
glooming1535
darkeninga1560
murkinga1600
eclipsing1635
benighting1649
a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ff.i The wyld seas meeting mixe & darkning skyes vpleapes ye sands.
1790 E. K. Mathews Arnold Zulig xvi. 140 The lights in a superb edifice were visible through the darkening gloom.
1848 G. W. M. Reynolds Pixy vii. 119 His wife observed his darkening mood: but she said nothing.
1859 Massachusetts Teacher May 169 Mrs. E. sat still a moment, with compressed lips, and darkening brow.
1904 E. Harrison Some Silent Teachers ii. 48 The white columns..stood out strong and distinct against the darkening blue of the lake beyond.
2015 M. Vanhoenacker Skyfaring 224 I looked out at the darkening sky over the lightscape of a city that is like no other.
2. That makes something dark or darker (in various senses); that darkens something.
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1586 A. Anderson Serm. Tower Ep. Ded. sig A2v I rather consented at last, to abide a presente brunt..: then cowardly for feare of some Romish storme, to thrust so bright a candle vnder a darkening bushell.
1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction ii. vi. 72 Thy spirit limited to thy former home of darkning errors.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 213 A lonely cave..with dark'ning lawrels cover'd o'er.
1921 Jrnl. Forestry 19 864 It is a fallacy that some darkening substance is removed to the twigs by this means.
1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 26 Apr. 29 (caption) Despite the darkening influence of WWII memories, the story shines with its precise and humorous rendering of adolescent life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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