| 释义 |
pitch-blackˌpitch-ˈblack adjective   - It was pitch-black outside.
- At first she found the pitch-black darkness of the Motabeng night terrifying.
- He drove over, parked the car on a pitch-black Kelly Street.
- In October, put the plant in a pitch-black room for 14 hours a day.
- It was pitch-black and still oppressively hot.
- Lucky had run away from them on a pitch-black night in August.
- Normally the snow looks light against the pitch-black trees, but today even the snow was almost black.
- The curious little craft, with its extraordinary crew, slowly edged its way across the pitch-black waters.
- When we draw up in a pitch-black stonewalled alley I wonder about his reaction.
dark and with little or no light► dark if a place is dark , there is little or no light: · Thick curtains covered the windows and the room was very dark.· I shrank back into the darkest corner of the room, and prayed that the soldiers would not see me.· No, you can't play outside, it's too dark.· It was a dark night and he was afraid they might get lost if they went across the fields.· Anyone who disobeyed him ran the risk of getting beaten up in a dark alley, or even killed. ► pitch dark/pitch black completely dark, so that nothing can be seen: · It's pitch dark in there. I can't see a thing.· Inside the cellar it was pitch black. ► gloomy a gloomy place or room is not at all bright or cheerful - use this especially in stories or written descriptions: · The bar was gloomy and smelled of stale cigar smoke.· I never liked visiting Dr Allen in his gloomy old study. ► dingy a room, street, or place that is dingy is fairly dark and usually dirty and in bad condition: · He ate lunch in a dingy little cafe next to the station.· The room was damp and dingy. ► darkened a darkened room or building is darker than usual, especially because its lights have been turned off or there are no lights: · The prisoner lay in a darkened room.· The production opens with a darkened stage, and the sound of a woman singing softly. ► dimly-lit an area or building that is dimly- lit is fairly dark because the lights there are not very bright: · a long, dimly-lit corridor· Madame Gloriana led the way into a dimly lit back room. ► unlit an area, building, or room that is unlit is dark because there are no lights on there: · The path was unlit, and she needed a torch to find her way.· Behind the gasoline pumps the unlit garage stood like a huge black shadow. completely black or dark:  The lights were off and it was pitch-black.—pitch-black noun [uncountable] |