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单词 blacken
释义 black·en
\ˈblakən\ verb
(blackened ; blackened ; blackening \-k(ə)niŋ\ ; blackens)
Etymology: Middle English blaknen, from blak black + -enen -en — more at black
intransitive verb
1. : to become black
2. of paper : to become darker in color than intended because of improper calendering
transitive verb
1. : to make black
 < the house burned down, leaving only a blackened chimney >
 < mosquitoes capable of blackening a man with their bodies within a minute — E.T.Gilliard >
 < the shadow of the possibility of famine blackened everybody's life — G.E.Fussell >
2. : to speak evil of
 < blacken the past rather than to report it faithfully — Ernest Beaglehole >
: make infamous
 < he blackens opponents by giving them … names such as Barbarian and Philistine — Times Literary Supplement >
3. : black III 3a, 3b, 3d
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