| 单词 | brown-out | 
| 释义 | brown-outn. Chiefly Australian and North American.   A partial black-out. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > 			[noun]		 > making or becoming dark > darkened condition > partial brown-out1942 1942    in  Amer. Speech 		(1945)	 20 143/1  				Brown-out..used in Australia to denote semidarkening a city as distinguished from the complete darkening of a blackout. 1943    Amer. Speech 		(1944)	 19 149/1  				The suggested conservation measures for electricity involve a national brownout, the extinguishing of all ornamental and display lighting and signs after 10 p.m. 1950    N.Y. Herald 18 Feb.  				New York Brownout is Ordered as Coal Dwindles. 1955    Times 4 May 10/4  				The new ‘brown-out’ on information in Washington. 1969    Daily Colonist 		(Victoria, Brit. Columbia)	 6 Dec. 23/1  				Premier Bennett..was asked why the government found it necessary to route the transmission [line] through the park. He said:..‘It is to prevent brown outs.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < | 
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