dusky

dusk·y

D0434200 (dŭs′kē)adj. dusk·i·er, dusk·i·est 1. Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy.2. Rather dark in color: dusky blue. See Synonyms at dark.

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dusk′i·ly adv.dusk′i·ness n.

dusky

(ˈdʌskɪ) adj, duskier or duskiest1. dark in colour; swarthy or dark-skinned2. dim ˈduskily adv ˈduskiness n

dusk•y

(ˈdʌs ki)

adj. dusk•i•er, dusk•i•est. 1. somewhat dark; dimly lit; shadowy. 2. having dark skin. 3. of a dark color. 4. gloomy; sad. [1550–60; dusk² + -y¹] dusk′i•ly, adv. dusk′i•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dusky - lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"twilight, twilitdark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
	2.	dusky - naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"swart, swarthy, dark-skinnedarchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionbrunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"

dusky

adjective1. dim, twilight, shady, shadowy, gloomy, murky, cloudy, overcast, crepuscular, darkish, twilit, tenebrous, caliginous (archaic) He was walking down the road one dusky evening.2. dark, swarthy, dark-complexioned I could see dusky girls with flowers about their necks.

dusky

adjective1. Deficient in brightness:caliginous, dark, dim, murky, obscure.2. Somewhat black:blackish, dark.3. Of a complexion tending toward brown or black:bistered, black-a-vised, brunet, dark, swarthy.

Translations

昏暗的暗淡的

dusk

(dask) noun (the time of) partial darkness after the sun sets; twilight. 黃昏 黄昏ˈdusky adjective dark-coloured. 陰暗的，暗色的 昏暗的，暗淡的 ˈduskiness noun 陰暗，暗色 暗淡