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单词 darkness
释义

darkness

[ dahrk-nis ]
/ ˈdɑrk nɪs /
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noun

the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
absence or deficiency of light: the darkness of night.
wickedness or evil: Satan, the prince of darkness.
obscurity; concealment: The darkness of the metaphor destroyed its effectiveness.
lack of knowledge or enlightenment: heathen darkness.
lack of sight; blindness.

Origin of darkness

before 1050; Middle English derknesse,Old English deorcnysse.See dark, -ness

OTHER WORDS FROM darkness

pre·dark·ness, noun

Words nearby darkness

dark matter, dark meat, dark mineral, dark money, dark nebula, darkness, dark of the moon, dark reaction, darkroom, dark slide, darksome
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