英语词汇“to go dark”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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P1. Proverb. the darkest hour is just before the dawn and variants: used to express or encourage an attitude of hope or resilience in the face of adversity, with the idea that when things seem to be at their worst, they are about to start improving.

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1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 229 Thus, as it is always darkest just before the Day dawneth, so God useth to visite his servants with greatest afflictions, when he intendeth their speedy advancement.

1760 N. Blakie Lazarus Redivivus (ed. 2) 4 The work grows worse, their bondage becomes heavier than before: and truly it is ordinary that it is darkest before day break.

1849 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 26 Apr. It is always darkest before the dawn, we believe the pressure has reached its culminating point.

1913 Internat. Bookbinder Mar. 129/2 Conditions will be worse before they are better. The darkest hour is just before dawn.

1971 V. Canning Queen's Pawn ii. 32 It was such an unhappy face that she had to laugh at herself. Whoah, Belle. Always darkest before the dawn.

2017 Financial Times 4 Nov. 10 The darkest hour is just before the dawn. Theresa May must hope that the adage holds true, but there is no guarantee after another dire week in British politics.

P2.

dark night of the soul n. a period of spiritual desolation suffered by a mystic in which all sense of consolation is lost. Later, in extended use: a period of self-questioning. Also in elliptical use as dark night. [After Spanish la fe es noche oscura para el alma ‘faith is a dark night for the soul’, and similar statements in commentaries (c1578, a1583) by St John of the Cross on his own poetic text (c1578), which has the shorter expression noche oscura dark night. Compare quot. 1864, which translates the later version of the commentary.]

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dark night of the soul1749

1749 Let. conc. Mr. Marsay in tr. Marquis de Marsay Disc. Subj. Spiritual Life 14 The Doctrine of obscure Faith, or (as John of the Cross calls it) the dark Night of the Soul, was hardly known then.

1864 D. Lewis tr. St. John of the Cross Wks. I. 3 The dark night, through which the soul passes, on its way to the Divine Light [Sp. esta noche oscura por la cual pasa el alma para llegar a la divina luz].

1981 Newsweek (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Ideas section) 78 America's liberals have been preparing for a dark night of the soul—or at least a gloomy four years.

2007 M. Sluhovsky Believe not Every Spirit v. 161 In 1654 Surin awoke from his dark night. He dictated books, preached, and renewed his spiritual direction.

2018 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Australia News section) Stone has said there were ‘some really dark nights of the soul’ before her decision to speak publicly about alleged inappropriate behaviour.

P3.

dark and bloody ground n. U.S. (a name for) the state of Kentucky (or, in early use, regions previously denoted by this name), regarded as a place of violent conflict; (hence) a situation, area of activity, etc., which is a source of bitter discord or contention.Quot. 1777 makes reference to the apparent origin of the phrase, in words reportedly spoken by Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe.

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1777 Cal. Virginia St. Papers I. 283 When the said Henderson & Co., proposed purchasing the lands below the Kentucky, the Dragging Canoe told them it was the bloody Ground, and would be dark, and difficult to settle it.]

1784 J. Filson Discov., Settlement & Present State Kentucke 8 The fertile region, now called Kentucky, then but known to the Indians, by the name of the Dark and Bloody Ground, and sometimes the Middle Ground.

1899 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 14 July 4/2 His election will be accomplished by scenes of mob violence frightful even for the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky politics.

1978 W. Dykeman Battle of Kings Mountain 1780: With Fire & Sword (e-book ed.) They were pushing back frontiers, opening the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky.

1988 St Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. (City ed.) 2 d The intersection of science and public policy is a dark and bloody ground of contention.

2010 CNN (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 10 Oct. Race is a dark and bloody ground throughout American history.

P4. to go dark.

a. To pause in or cease operation or activity. Originally with reference to theatres (cf. sense 14), later applied to any business.

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1915 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 12 Sept. b 8/1 ‘Hands Up’..kept the Forty-fourth Street theater open during the summer, and Louis Mann in ‘The Bubble’ kept the Booth theater from going dark.

1978 N.Y. Times 29 May d6/1 (headline) A chandelier shop soon will go dark.

1999 Stage 30 Sept. 6/4 A spokeswoman for the King's Theatre said that the venue would go dark for a week because there was not enough time to bring in another show.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 2 July 42/1 When Steeplechase, the last of its great amusement parks, went dark in 1964, Coney's reign as king of playlands ended.

2018 East Bay (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. The sandwich purveyor is planning to shut about 500 more of its U.S. shops. Last year, more than 800 stores went dark.

b. Of a person: to cease to be in communication. Also (occasionally) of a television channel, website, or other media outlet: to stop broadcasting; to go offline.

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2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 June i. 10/3 Mr. bin Laden, as intelligence analysts put it, has ‘gone dark’. Intelligence agencies have heard nothing from him for six months.

2007 J. Armstrong et al. Thick of It: Scripts Special 2. 320 He's gone dark, he's not answering his phone.

2018 Variety (Nexis) 12 Apr. Viacom channels..went dark on Suddenlink from 2014 to 2017.

P5.

Dark and Stormy n. (also Dark 'n' Stormy, Dark 'n Stormy, and with lower-case initials) a cocktail made with dark rum and ginger beer poured over ice, and usually garnished with a slice of lime.In form Dark 'n Stormy a proprietary name.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > rum cocktail

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Dark and Stormy1983

1983 Times 11 May 10/3 The drink..consists of a measure of dark Bermudian rum in a tall glass, topped up with ginger beer and ice. It is called—for reasons which remain obscure—Dark and Stormy.

1999 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 27 Feb. t1 Every time you order a Dark 'n' Stormy at a different pub, the waiter stamps the card.

2007 R. Tobias in A. F. Smith Oxf. Compan. Amer. Food & Drink 259/2 The rum-based dark and stormy..traditionally is made with alcoholic ginger beer.

2015 Details June 40/2 Phillips evens it out with pineapple juice, peach liqueur, and ginger beer for an effervescent, rum-free riff on the Dark and Stormy.

单词	to go dark
释义	> as lemmas to go dark Phrases P1. Proverb. the darkest hour is just before the dawn and variants: used to express or encourage an attitude of hope or resilience in the face of adversity, with the idea that when things seem to be at their worst, they are about to start improving. ΚΠ 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 229 Thus, as it is always darkest just before the Day dawneth, so God useth to visite his servants with greatest afflictions, when he intendeth their speedy advancement. 1760 N. Blakie Lazarus Redivivus (ed. 2) 4 The work grows worse, their bondage becomes heavier than before: and truly it is ordinary that it is darkest before day break. 1849 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 26 Apr. It is always darkest before the dawn, we believe the pressure has reached its culminating point. 1913 Internat. Bookbinder Mar. 129/2 Conditions will be worse before they are better. The darkest hour is just before dawn. 1971 V. Canning Queen's Pawn ii. 32 It was such an unhappy face that she had to laugh at herself. Whoah, Belle. Always darkest before the dawn. 2017 Financial Times 4 Nov. 10 The darkest hour is just before the dawn. Theresa May must hope that the adage holds true, but there is no guarantee after another dire week in British politics. P2. dark night of the soul n. a period of spiritual desolation suffered by a mystic in which all sense of consolation is lost. Later, in extended use: a period of self-questioning. Also in elliptical use as dark night. [After Spanish la fe es noche oscura para el alma ‘faith is a dark night for the soul’, and similar statements in commentaries (c1578, a1583) by St John of the Cross on his own poetic text (c1578), which has the shorter expression noche oscura dark night. Compare quot. 1864, which translates the later version of the commentary.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] > period of dark night of the soul1749 1749 Let. conc. Mr. Marsay in tr. Marquis de Marsay Disc. Subj. Spiritual Life 14 The Doctrine of obscure Faith, or (as John of the Cross calls it) the dark Night of the Soul, was hardly known then. 1864 D. Lewis tr. St. John of the Cross Wks. I. 3 The dark night, through which the soul passes, on its way to the Divine Light [Sp. esta noche oscura por la cual pasa el alma para llegar a la divina luz]. 1981 Newsweek (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Ideas section) 78 America's liberals have been preparing for a dark night of the soul—or at least a gloomy four years. 2007 M. Sluhovsky Believe not Every Spirit v. 161 In 1654 Surin awoke from his dark night. He dictated books, preached, and renewed his spiritual direction. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Australia News section) Stone has said there were ‘some really dark nights of the soul’ before her decision to speak publicly about alleged inappropriate behaviour. P3. dark and bloody ground n. U.S. (a name for) the state of Kentucky (or, in early use, regions previously denoted by this name), regarded as a place of violent conflict; (hence) a situation, area of activity, etc., which is a source of bitter discord or contention.Quot. 1777 makes reference to the apparent origin of the phrase, in words reportedly spoken by Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe. ΚΠ 1777 Cal. Virginia St. Papers I. 283 When the said Henderson & Co., proposed purchasing the lands below the Kentucky, the Dragging Canoe told them it was the bloody Ground, and would be dark, and difficult to settle it.] 1784 J. Filson Discov., Settlement & Present State Kentucke 8 The fertile region, now called Kentucky, then but known to the Indians, by the name of the Dark and Bloody Ground, and sometimes the Middle Ground. 1899 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 14 July 4/2 His election will be accomplished by scenes of mob violence frightful even for the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky politics. 1978 W. Dykeman Battle of Kings Mountain 1780: With Fire & Sword (e-book ed.) They were pushing back frontiers, opening the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky. 1988 St Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. (City ed.) 2 d The intersection of science and public policy is a dark and bloody ground of contention. 2010 CNN (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 10 Oct. Race is a dark and bloody ground throughout American history. P4. to go dark. a. To pause in or cease operation or activity. Originally with reference to theatres (cf. sense 14), later applied to any business. ΚΠ 1915 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 12 Sept. b 8/1 ‘Hands Up’..kept the Forty-fourth Street theater open during the summer, and Louis Mann in ‘The Bubble’ kept the Booth theater from going dark. 1978 N.Y. Times 29 May d6/1 (headline) A chandelier shop soon will go dark. 1999 Stage 30 Sept. 6/4 A spokeswoman for the King's Theatre said that the venue would go dark for a week because there was not enough time to bring in another show. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 2 July 42/1 When Steeplechase, the last of its great amusement parks, went dark in 1964, Coney's reign as king of playlands ended. 2018 East Bay (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. The sandwich purveyor is planning to shut about 500 more of its U.S. shops. Last year, more than 800 stores went dark. b. Of a person: to cease to be in communication. Also (occasionally) of a television channel, website, or other media outlet: to stop broadcasting; to go offline. ΚΠ 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 June i. 10/3 Mr. bin Laden, as intelligence analysts put it, has ‘gone dark’. Intelligence agencies have heard nothing from him for six months. 2007 J. Armstrong et al. Thick of It: Scripts Special 2. 320 He's gone dark, he's not answering his phone. 2018 Variety (Nexis) 12 Apr. Viacom channels..went dark on Suddenlink from 2014 to 2017. P5. Dark and Stormy n. (also Dark 'n' Stormy, Dark 'n Stormy, and with lower-case initials) a cocktail made with dark rum and ginger beer poured over ice, and usually garnished with a slice of lime.In form Dark 'n Stormy a proprietary name. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > rum cocktail bumbo1701 rum cocktail1841 silky1852 planter's punch1878 Cuba libre1898 daiquiri1920 piña colada1920 presidente1928 mojito1934 zombie1938 mai tai?c1950 Dark and Stormy1983 1983 Times 11 May 10/3 The drink..consists of a measure of dark Bermudian rum in a tall glass, topped up with ginger beer and ice. It is called—for reasons which remain obscure—Dark and Stormy. 1999 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 27 Feb. t1 Every time you order a Dark 'n' Stormy at a different pub, the waiter stamps the card. 2007 R. Tobias in A. F. Smith Oxf. Compan. Amer. Food & Drink 259/2 The rum-based dark and stormy..traditionally is made with alcoholic ginger beer. 2015 Details June 40/2 Phillips evens it out with pineapple juice, peach liqueur, and ginger beer for an effervescent, rum-free riff on the Dark and Stormy. extracted from darkadj. < as lemmas
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