| 单词 | pitch dark |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspitch dark pitch dark adj. and n. (a) adj. intensely dark, esp. from lack of light; (b) n. intense dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > intensely dark pitchya1522 Cimmerian1598 pitch dark1704 pit-mirk1728 pitchy dark1732 pitch mirk?1795 as black, or ugly, as sin1827 1704 D. Defoe Storm 227 Great Mischief was done in the Night; which was..Pitch-dark. 1766 D. Garrick Neck or Nothing ii. xxiii. 38 What am I to do?—I'm all in the dark—pitch-dark. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxviii. 149 We..groped our way down stairs in the pitch dark. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 213 Ascend these pitch-dark stairs. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down vii. 137 A suspect would be picked up even if it were pitch dark. 1995 Face Sept. 90/1 In the pitch dark, this could happen. < as lemmas |
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