| 单词 | dark |
| 释义 | dark (once / 21 pages) 1adjn 2adjn 3adj 4adj 5adj When something's dark, there is no light. Far from the city lights, it gets so dark at night that you can see many stars in the sky. Dark comes from the Proto-Germanic word derkaz, which means "to hide or conceal." This meaning is preserved in the phrase kept in the dark, meaning purposely keeping information from someone. As an adjective, in addition to being the opposite of light, dark describes things that are gloomy, difficult to interpret or heavy, like a dark movie whose main character feels alienated from society. WORD FAMILYdark: dark-colored, darken, darker, darkest, darkish, darkly, darkness, darks, semidark+/darken: darkened, darkening, darkens/darkening: darkeningly, darkenings/darkness: darknesses/semidark: semidarkness USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Hancock says that snake plants as well as a kind often called the “ZZ plant” work well in dark corners. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) And if that’s the case, the future may not be as dark as Mr. Cohen foresees. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Eczema affects over 10 percent of American children, and is more common in those with dark brown skin. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj 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 Syn|Ant Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades aphoticlacking light; especially not reached by sunlight black, pitch-black, pitch-darkextremely dark caliginousdark and misty and gloomy Cimmerianintensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness crepuscularlike twilight; dim darkenedbecome or made dark by lack of light darkeningbecoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over darkling(poetic) occurring in the dark or night darklinguncannily or threateningly dark or obscure dim, subduedlacking in light; not bright or harsh dusky, twilight, twilitlighted by or as if by twilight gloomful, glooming, gloomy, sulkydepressingly dark lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlitwithout illumination semidarkpartially devoid of light or brightness tenebrific, tenebrious, tenebrousdark and gloomy light characterized by or emitting light ablaze, inflamed, reddenedlighted with red light as if with flames autofluorescentemitting light via self-induced fluorescence bioluminescent(of living organisms) emitting light brighthaving lots of light either natural or artificial candescentglowing from great heat floodlighted, floodlitilluminated by means of floodlights fluorescentemitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lightedprovided with artificial light candent, incandescentemitting light as a result of being heated lamplitlighted by a lamp lighting-upturning lights on livid(of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity luminescentemitting light not caused by heat phosphorescentemitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous sunlit, sunstrucklighted by sunlight whiteof summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets 2adj (used of color) having a dark hue dark green dark glasses dark colors like wine red or navy blue Syn|Ant black being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light darkishslightly dark light, light-colored (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent whitebeing of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light palevery light colored; highly diluted with white palishslightly pale pasteldelicate and pale in color powderyas if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder 3adj brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) dark eyes Syn brunet, brunette marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes 4adj having skin rich in melanin pigments dark-skinned peoples Syn colored, coloured, dark-skinned, non-white black of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin 5n absence of light or illumination Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper darkness light, lighting having abundant light or illumination night darkness black, blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darknesstotal absence of light blackout, brownout, dimoutdarkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) semidarknesspartial darkness cloudiness, overcastgloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover shade, shadiness, shadowinessrelative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body dimness, duskinessthe state of being poorly illuminated gloom, somberness, sombrenessa state of partial or total darkness obscureness, obscuritythe state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination illumination the degree of visibility of your environment 6n an unilluminated area Syn|Hyper darkness, shadow scene the place where some action occurs 7n the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper night, nighttime day, daylight, daytime the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside weeknight any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday wedding nightthe night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together period, period of time, time period an amount of time 1adj lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture the dark ages a dark age in the history of education Syn benighted unenlightened not enlightened; ignorant 2adj stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable Darth Vader of the dark side a dark purpose dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility Syn black, sinister evil morally bad or wrong 3adj showing a brooding ill humor a dark scowl Syn dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition 4adj causing dejection the dark days of the war a dark gloomy day Syn blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry cheerless, depressing, uncheerful causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 5n absence of moral or spiritual values Syn|Hypo|Hyper darkness, iniquity, wickedness foulness disgusting wickedness and immorality condition, status a state at a particular time 6n an unenlightened state 3he was in the dark concerning their intentions Syn|Hyper darkness unenlightenment a lack of understanding adj secret 4keep it dark Syn concealed hidden on any grounds for any motive adj marked by difficulty of style or expression 5much that was dark is now quite clear to me Syn obscure incomprehensible, uncomprehensible difficult to understand adj not giving performances; closed the theater is dark on Mondays Syn inactive lacking activity; lying idle or unused |
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