1 ADJ-GRADED 黑暗的;昏暗的;天黑的 When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night. 黑暗的;昏暗的;天黑的
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When she awoke it was evening and already dark.
她醒来时已是晚上,天已经黑了。
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It was too dark inside to see much.
里面太暗,看不太清。
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People usually draw the curtains once it gets dark.
天一黑,人们通常就会拉上窗帘。
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She snapped off the light and made her way back through the dark kitchen.
她啪的一下关掉灯,从厨房摸黑走了出来。
2 N-SING 黑暗;昏暗;暗处 The dark is the lack of light in a place. 黑暗;昏暗;暗处
SYN darkness, shadows, gloom, dusk [poetic]
3 ADJ-GRADED 黑色的;深色的;暗色的 If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is black in colour, or a shade that is close to black. 黑色的;深色的;暗色的
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Joanne's freckles stood out darkly against her pale skin.
乔安妮脸上的深色雀斑在苍白肤色的映衬下非常显眼。
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The tea was darkly amber, the way he liked it.
茶呈暗琥珀色,正是他希望的样子。
4 COMB in COLOUR (颜色)深的,暗的 When you use dark to describe a colour, you are referring to a shade of that colour which is close to black, or seems to have some black in it. (颜色)深的,暗的
5 ADJ-GRADED (头发、眼睛或肤色)棕色的,黑色的 If someone has dark hair, eyes, or skin, they have brown or black hair, eyes, or skin. (头发、眼睛或肤色)棕色的,黑色的
6 ADJ-GRADED (白人)有着棕色(或黑色)头发(且皮肤略带棕色)的,肤色深的 If you describe a white person as dark, you mean that they have brown or black hair, and often a brownish skin. (白人)有着棕色(或黑色)头发(且皮肤略带棕色)的,肤色深的
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Carol is a tall, dark, Latin type of woman.
卡萝尔身材高大,黑发棕肤,是个有着拉丁风情的女子。
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The driver was very dark. Maltese, maybe.
司机一头乌发、肤色黝黑,可能是个马耳他人。
7 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (时期)黑暗的,恐怖的,悲惨的 A dark period of time is unpleasant or frightening. (时期)黑暗的,恐怖的,悲惨的
8 ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n] (地方)神秘的,隐秘的 A dark place or area is mysterious and not fully known about. (地方)神秘的,隐秘的
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The spacecraft is set to throw new light on to a dark corner of the solar system.
这艘宇宙飞船可能会让人们对太阳系中的一个神秘角落有更新的认识。
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...the dark recesses of the mind.
隐秘的思想深处
SYN secret, deep, hidden, mysterious
9 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (想法)忧郁的,悲观的 Dark thoughts are sad, and show that you are expecting something unpleasant to happen. (想法)忧郁的,悲观的 [literary]
SYN gloomy, sad, grim, miserable
10 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (眼神或话语)阴险的,邪恶的,不祥的 Dark looks or remarks make you think that the person giving them wants to harm you or that something horrible is going to happen. (眼神或话语)阴险的,邪恶的,不祥的 [literary]
11 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (指与严肃或令人不快的事物相关的)黑色的 If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is related to things that are serious or unpleasant, rather than light-hearted. (指与严肃或令人不快的事物相关的)黑色的
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Their dark humor never failed to astound him.
他们的黑色幽默总能让他咋舌。
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Nina took a kind of dark pleasure in being the focus of the tension between her father and her brother.
对成了父亲和哥哥紧张关系的焦点,尼娜有点幸灾乐祸。
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The atmosphere after Wednesday's debut was as darkly comic as the film itself.
星期三首映之后的气氛就如电影本身一样,充满了黑色喜剧色彩。
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Von Otter was superb both in the darkly dramatic songs, and in the lighter ones.
冯·奥特无论是演唱严肃的戏剧曲目还是较为轻松愉快的歌曲时,都表现得无可挑剔。
13 PHRASE 天黑后 If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun. 天黑后
14 PHRASE 天黑前 If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins. 天黑前
15 PHRASE (对…)一无所知,毫不知情 If you are in the dark about something, you do not know anything about it. (对…)一无所知,毫不知情
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The investigators admit that they are completely in the dark about the killing. [+ about]
调查人员承认他们对这起谋杀一无所知。
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I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.
我设法对父母瞒下了此事。
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I'm as much in the dark as you.
我和你一样毫不知情。
SYN ignorant, unaware, oblivious, uninformed
16 PHRASE 瞎猜;盲干 If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful. 瞎猜;盲干
SYN guess, speculation, conjecture, surmise
17 leap in the dark→see: leap
Word Partnership | Use dark with: |
VERB. | get dark 1 afraid of the dark, scared of the dark 2 |
N. | dark clouds, dark suit 3 |
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