black

Word family verbblackenblackballnounblackingblacknessblackamoorblack artblackballingblackbandblack beltblackberryblackberryingblackbirdblackbirderblackbirdingblackboardblack boxblackboyblackbuckblackcapblackcockblackcurrantblack economyblack eyeblackfaceblackfishBlackfootblackgameblack goldblackguardblackguardismblackheadblackheartblack holeblack iceblackjackblackleadblacklegblacklistblacklistingblack marketBlack Muslimblackoutblack pepperblackpollblack puddingblack sheepBlackshirtblacksmithblackthornblacktopblackwashblackwaterblack widowblackwoodadjectiveblackishblack and whiteblackfacedblackguardlyblackheadedblackadverbblackly

Related topics: Colours, Nationality & race, Drink

black1 /blæk/ S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp blacker, superlativesupl blackest)

1 COLOURcolour 颜色CC having the darkest colour, like coal or night 黑色的，黑的

a black evening dress

黑色晚礼服

jet/inky black (=very dark) 乌黑的

jet black hair

乌黑的头发

2 no light 没有光 very dark because there is no light 黑暗的，漆黑的

It was still pitch black (=very dark) out.

外面依然一片漆黑。

3 PEOPLEpeople 人 (also Black)

a) SANbelonging to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin 黑色人种的 → white

Over half the students are black.

有超过一半的学生是黑人。

b) [only before noun]SAN relating to black people 黑人的，与黑人有关的

politics from a black perspective

黑人政治

Black and Asian music

黑人音乐和亚洲音乐

4 TEA/COFFEEdrink 饮料DFD [only before noun] black coffee or tea does not have milk in it 〔咖啡或茶〕不加奶的 OPP white

Black coffee, no sugar, please.

黑咖啡，不加糖，谢谢。

5 DIRTYdirty 脏的 informal very dirty 黑乎乎的，脏的

be black with soot/dirt/age etc 黑乎乎布满煤烟/黑乎乎布满灰尘/年久发黑等

6 WITHOUT HOPESAD/UNHAPPYwithout hope 没有希望 sad and without hope for the future 无希望的；令人沮丧的；前景暗淡的

the blackest period of European history

欧洲历史上最黑暗的时期

a mood of black despair

悲观绝望的心情

It’s been another black day for the car industry, with more job losses announced.

汽车工业又经历了一个黑暗的日子，据公布称更多的人遭裁员。

7 humour 幽默 making jokes about serious subjects, especially death 黑色的〔指拿严肃话题开玩笑，尤其是关于死亡〕

a very black joke

一个很沉重的黑色笑话

8 ANGRYangry 生气的 [only before noun] full of feelings of anger or hate 怒气冲冲的；充满仇恨的 → blackly

Denise gave me a black look.

丹尼丝恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。

9. a black mark (against somebody) if there is a black mark against you, someone has a bad opinion of you because of something you have done （对某人不利的）看法，污点

Examples from the Corpus

a black mark (against somebody)• It is almost impossible to borrow money if you have any black marks against you.• Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.• Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.• The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions.• Incidentally, Willoughby, you've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble.• You get a black mark next to your name that may show up in your next evaluation.• It would be a good mark, not a black mark.• The outcome will be recorded but the finding does not constitute a black mark on the record of the officer involved.• A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate.

10. not be as black as you are painted BAD PERSONnot to be as bad as people say you are 并不像人们说的那样坏

11 ALbad 坏的BAD literary very bad 罪恶的，邪恶的

black deeds

恶行

—blackness noun

Examples from the Corpus

black• Do you take your coffee black?• Most of the people in my neighborhood are black.• The letters were white on a black background.• Bonnie Raitt in illusion lace with black beading.• a shiny black car• My hands were black from working on the car.• If I remember, he was a dark young fellow, black hair and a squint in his right eye.• Mary's uncle had black hair with some white in it, and high, crooked shoulders.• a black-hearted villain• How can we support black individuals who feel powerless and isolated?• Denise gave me a black look.• Books portraying black men in a positive light are simply not part of the growth industry.• Tony was in a black mood.• contemporary Black music• Singed shrubbery rose from pastures that appeared like black velvet.

jet/inky black• The horse stood sixteen hands high, its jet black coat gleaming in the sunlight.• Now, any kitten with tufts or streaks of white hair on an otherwise jet black coat will be ignored.• She could even see it in this thing, the pallor of it, the fine dust of jet black fur.• A woman was exercising a troupe of jet black greyhounds.• She stared calmly back, her jet black hair escaping from underneath the wimple.• An emaciated fellow with jet black hair, thin lips and large brooding eyes caught the friar's eye.• The best material is jet black, pure glass, free from bubbles or other imperfections.• It was inky black, with bright jewels of stars.

pitch black• The room was pitch black.• She couldn't decipher it in the pitch black.• She lay there in the pitch black.• Gaza descended into chaos and pitch black as the power went out.• Why shave after you get home to the pitch black cabin and repeat the fumbling around?• If none of the office lights is on, it's pitch black in there.• It is pitch black round the clock and everyone is depressed, drunk and stinks of fish oil.• As she walked down the tree-lined road in the pitch black she managed to suppress her fear of the dark.• We could go from pitch black to brightness in the blink of an eye-and vice versa.

be black with soot/dirt/age etc• His face and hands were black with dirt.• Outside my rattling window the green countryside was black with soot.• They entered a room with walls that were black with age and dirt.

black day• It was a black day for the auto industry, with announcements of major job losses.• That was a particularly black day for those of us who had urged the President to take on the Chief at Interior.• Oh dear, that was a black day in Baldersdale.• It had been the blackest day of the war when the government announced the rationing of tea.• Thank you for looking after on those really black days when even he seemed too much to cope with.

black joke• Frank Black joked as he passed me in the crowd en route to the stage.

black look• And you can forget the black looks.• Matthew shot him a black look.• I gave him such a black look, however, that the smile froze on his face.• With another black look, the man led us to that door over there.• Some people would think a black look was aggressive others would not.

Related topics: Colours, Nationality & race

black2 S2 W2 noun

1 [uncountableU]CC the dark colour of coal or night 黑色

You look good wearing black.

你穿黑色衣服挺好看。

→ coal-black

2 (also Black) [countableC]SAN someone who belongs to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin 黑人 → white

laws that discriminated against blacks

歧视黑人的法律

3. be in the black BFto have money in your bank account 〔银行存款〕有盈余，有结余 OPP be in the red

Examples from the Corpus

be in the black• We have to get our account into the black otherwise the bank will never give us a mortgage.• The newly reorganized company is now in the black.• The day was fabulous and David performed extremely well although he was in the blackest of moods.• Whitminster costs £2,000 a week to keep open, but it is in the black.• The best flight I have been on was in the black cessna.• Our oil and gas operations are comfortably in the black.• By the end of the first year StarNet was in the black and Cauthorn was recognized nationally for his accomplishments.• He got in and said they could drop him at the Thirty-fifth Street elevated station, which is in the black area.

Examples from the Corpus

black• Black is his favorite color.• The laws were used to discriminate against blacks.• So soul, with the uncompromising Aretha as its star, was enjoyed and purchased by whites and blacks.• Minimalist in beige, black and cement with big arrangements of fresh flowers.• I remember this time after school there was a fight between blacks and whites.• It sees them as little more than rural ghettoes designed by previous hated white regimes to keep blacks and whites apart.• Put some more black around your eyes.• Most blacks were illiterate; even those who were educated were oppressed.• In the end, four whites and seventeen blacks were hanged; thirteen blacks were burned-at the stake.• The president's unilateral reforms will achieve little if he does not talk to blacks.

Related topics: Labour relations, unions, Colours

black3 verb [transitiveT]

1 British EnglishBrEBEL if a trade union blacks goods or a company, it refuses to work with them 〔工会〕抵制，拒绝〔货品或公司〕

The union has blacked all non-urgent work.

工会拒绝了所有非紧急的工作。

2. CC old-fashioned to make something black 使变黑，弄黑

3 black out phrasal verbphr v

a) MIto become unconscious 昏厥，失去知觉 SYN faint, pass out

For a few seconds, he thought he was going to black out.

有那么一会儿，他觉得自己快要晕过去了。

b) TCNMARK black something ↔ out to put a dark mark over something so that it cannot be seen 盖住某物；涂黑某物

The censors had blacked out several words.

审查员涂掉了几个单词。

c) PMLIGHT black something ↔ out to hide or turn off all the lights in a town or city, especially during war 〔尤指战时〕对〔城镇或城市〕实行灯火管制

→ blackout

Examples from the Corpus

black• The face relaxed and slid from view, the brick wall clouded and the screen blacked.• Her head was dashed on the rock below and she blacked out.• Soon after that I blacked out.

From Longman Business Dictionary

blackblack1 /blæk/ adjectiveadj

not allowed by TRADE UNIONs to be handled or used by their members during a disagreement between management and employees

The British Seamen’s Union declared the ship black and picketed her on her return from Loch Fyne.

blackblack2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE

if a TRADE UNION blacks a company or blacks goods, it refuses to work with them or deal with themSYN BOYCOTT

blackblack3 noun

FINANCECOMMERCE in the black if a business is in the black, it is making a profit

The group is still in the black but trading in the first two months of the year has been difficult.

→ compare in the red under red

Origin black1

Old English blæc

单词	black
释义	black Word family verbblackenblackballnounblackingblacknessblackamoorblack artblackballingblackbandblack beltblackberryblackberryingblackbirdblackbirderblackbirdingblackboardblack boxblackboyblackbuckblackcapblackcockblackcurrantblack economyblack eyeblackfaceblackfishBlackfootblackgameblack goldblackguardblackguardismblackheadblackheartblack holeblack iceblackjackblackleadblacklegblacklistblacklistingblack marketBlack Muslimblackoutblack pepperblackpollblack puddingblack sheepBlackshirtblacksmithblackthornblacktopblackwashblackwaterblack widowblackwoodadjectiveblackishblack and whiteblackfacedblackguardlyblackheadedblackadverbblackly Related topics: Colours, Nationality & race, Drink black1 /blæk/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp blacker, superlativesupl blackest) 1 COLOURcolour 颜色CC having the darkest colour, like coal or night 黑色的，黑的 a black evening dress 黑色晚礼服 jet/inky black (=very dark) 乌黑的 jet black hair 乌黑的头发 2 no light 没有光 very dark because there is no light 黑暗的，漆黑的 It was still pitch black (=very dark) out. 外面依然一片漆黑。 3 PEOPLEpeople 人 (also Black) a) SANbelonging to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin 黑色人种的 → white Over half the students are black. 有超过一半的学生是黑人。 b) [only before noun]SAN relating to black people 黑人的，与黑人有关的 politics from a black perspective 黑人政治 Black and Asian music 黑人音乐和亚洲音乐 4 TEA/COFFEEdrink 饮料DFD [only before noun] black coffee or tea does not have milk in it 〔咖啡或茶〕不加奶的 OPP white Black coffee, no sugar, please. 黑咖啡，不加糖，谢谢。 5 DIRTYdirty 脏的 informal very dirty 黑乎乎的，脏的 be black with soot/dirt/age etc 黑乎乎布满煤烟/黑乎乎布满灰尘/年久发黑等 6 WITHOUT HOPESAD/UNHAPPYwithout hope 没有希望 sad and without hope for the future 无希望的；令人沮丧的；前景暗淡的 the blackest period of European history 欧洲历史上最黑暗的时期 a mood of black despair 悲观绝望的心情 It’s been another black day for the car industry, with more job losses announced. 汽车工业又经历了一个黑暗的日子，据公布称更多的人遭裁员。 7 humour 幽默 making jokes about serious subjects, especially death 黑色的〔指拿严肃话题开玩笑，尤其是关于死亡〕 a very black joke 一个很沉重的黑色笑话 8 ANGRYangry 生气的 [only before noun] full of feelings of anger or hate 怒气冲冲的；充满仇恨的 → blackly Denise gave me a black look. 丹尼丝恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。 9. a black mark (against somebody) if there is a black mark against you, someone has a bad opinion of you because of something you have done （对某人不利的）看法，污点 Examples from the Corpus a black mark (against somebody)• It is almost impossible to borrow money if you have any black marks against you.• Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.• Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.• The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions.• Incidentally, Willoughby, you've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble.• You get a black mark next to your name that may show up in your next evaluation.• It would be a good mark, not a black mark.• The outcome will be recorded but the finding does not constitute a black mark on the record of the officer involved.• A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate. 10. not be as black as you are painted BAD PERSONnot to be as bad as people say you are 并不像人们说的那样坏 11 ALbad 坏的BAD literary very bad 罪恶的，邪恶的 black deeds 恶行 —blackness noun Examples from the Corpus black• Do you take your coffee black?• Most of the people in my neighborhood are black.• The letters were white on a black background.• Bonnie Raitt in illusion lace with black beading.• a shiny black car• My hands were black from working on the car.• If I remember, he was a dark young fellow, black hair and a squint in his right eye.• Mary's uncle had black hair with some white in it, and high, crooked shoulders.• a black-hearted villain• How can we support black individuals who feel powerless and isolated?• Denise gave me a black look.• Books portraying black men in a positive light are simply not part of the growth industry.• Tony was in a black mood.• contemporary Black music• Singed shrubbery rose from pastures that appeared like black velvet. jet/inky black• The horse stood sixteen hands high, its jet black coat gleaming in the sunlight.• Now, any kitten with tufts or streaks of white hair on an otherwise jet black coat will be ignored.• She could even see it in this thing, the pallor of it, the fine dust of jet black fur.• A woman was exercising a troupe of jet black greyhounds.• She stared calmly back, her jet black hair escaping from underneath the wimple.• An emaciated fellow with jet black hair, thin lips and large brooding eyes caught the friar's eye.• The best material is jet black, pure glass, free from bubbles or other imperfections.• It was inky black, with bright jewels of stars. pitch black• The room was pitch black.• She couldn't decipher it in the pitch black.• She lay there in the pitch black.• Gaza descended into chaos and pitch black as the power went out.• Why shave after you get home to the pitch black cabin and repeat the fumbling around?• If none of the office lights is on, it's pitch black in there.• It is pitch black round the clock and everyone is depressed, drunk and stinks of fish oil.• As she walked down the tree-lined road in the pitch black she managed to suppress her fear of the dark.• We could go from pitch black to brightness in the blink of an eye-and vice versa. be black with soot/dirt/age etc• His face and hands were black with dirt.• Outside my rattling window the green countryside was black with soot.• They entered a room with walls that were black with age and dirt. black day• It was a black day for the auto industry, with announcements of major job losses.• That was a particularly black day for those of us who had urged the President to take on the Chief at Interior.• Oh dear, that was a black day in Baldersdale.• It had been the blackest day of the war when the government announced the rationing of tea.• Thank you for looking after on those really black days when even he seemed too much to cope with. black joke• Frank Black joked as he passed me in the crowd en route to the stage. black look• And you can forget the black looks.• Matthew shot him a black look.• I gave him such a black look, however, that the smile froze on his face.• With another black look, the man led us to that door over there.• Some people would think a black look was aggressive others would not. Related topics: Colours, Nationality & race black2 ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 [uncountableU]CC the dark colour of coal or night 黑色 You look good wearing black. 你穿黑色衣服挺好看。 → coal-black 2 (also Black) [countableC]SAN someone who belongs to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin 黑人 → white laws that discriminated against blacks 歧视黑人的法律 3. be in the black BFto have money in your bank account 〔银行存款〕有盈余，有结余 OPP be in the red Examples from the Corpus be in the black• We have to get our account into the black otherwise the bank will never give us a mortgage.• The newly reorganized company is now in the black.• The day was fabulous and David performed extremely well although he was in the blackest of moods.• Whitminster costs £2,000 a week to keep open, but it is in the black.• The best flight I have been on was in the black cessna.• Our oil and gas operations are comfortably in the black.• By the end of the first year StarNet was in the black and Cauthorn was recognized nationally for his accomplishments.• He got in and said they could drop him at the Thirty-fifth Street elevated station, which is in the black area. Examples from the Corpus black• Black is his favorite color.• The laws were used to discriminate against blacks.• So soul, with the uncompromising Aretha as its star, was enjoyed and purchased by whites and blacks.• Minimalist in beige, black and cement with big arrangements of fresh flowers.• I remember this time after school there was a fight between blacks and whites.• It sees them as little more than rural ghettoes designed by previous hated white regimes to keep blacks and whites apart.• Put some more black around your eyes.• Most blacks were illiterate; even those who were educated were oppressed.• In the end, four whites and seventeen blacks were hanged; thirteen blacks were burned-at the stake.• The president's unilateral reforms will achieve little if he does not talk to blacks. Related topics: Labour relations, unions, Colours black3 verb [transitiveT] 1 British EnglishBrEBEL if a trade union blacks goods or a company, it refuses to work with them 〔工会〕抵制，拒绝〔货品或公司〕 The union has blacked all non-urgent work. 工会拒绝了所有非紧急的工作。 2. CC old-fashioned to make something black 使变黑，弄黑 3 black out phrasal verbphr v a) MIto become unconscious 昏厥，失去知觉 SYN faint, pass out For a few seconds, he thought he was going to black out. 有那么一会儿，他觉得自己快要晕过去了。 b) TCNMARK black something ↔ out to put a dark mark over something so that it cannot be seen 盖住某物；涂黑某物 The censors had blacked out several words. 审查员涂掉了几个单词。 c) PMLIGHT black something ↔ out to hide or turn off all the lights in a town or city, especially during war 〔尤指战时〕对〔城镇或城市〕实行灯火管制 → blackout Examples from the Corpus black• The face relaxed and slid from view, the brick wall clouded and the screen blacked.• Her head was dashed on the rock below and she blacked out.• Soon after that I blacked out. From Longman Business Dictionary blackblack1 /blæk/ adjectiveadj not allowed by TRADE UNIONs to be handled or used by their members during a disagreement between management and employees The British Seamen’s Union declared the ship black and picketed her on her return from Loch Fyne. blackblack2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE if a TRADE UNION blacks a company or blacks goods, it refuses to work with them or deal with themSYN BOYCOTT blackblack3 noun FINANCECOMMERCE in the black if a business is in the black, it is making a profit The group is still in the black but trading in the first two months of the year has been difficult. → compare in the red under red Origin black1 Old English blæc
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