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单词 murk
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Definition of murk in English:

murk

noun məːkmərk
mass noun
  • Darkness or thick mist that makes it difficult to see.

    黑暗,昏暗;迷雾,浓雾

    my eyes were straining to see through the murk of the rainy evening

    我努力透过昏暗的雨夜张望。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The images palpitate between bleached brightness and murk.
    • Household items like the blare of the telephone's ring and the oppressive murk of Plath's London lighting scheme distort in her mind to create a homespun hell.
    • How did we expect to extract fish for four from this opaque murk?
    • She needed her time alone, away from the gloom and murk of a sickroom.
    • Burst cattails and grass line the edge; the water is thick, a deep green murk, a beautiful green cocktail.
    • New York water is a special brew of ferocious currents, unforgiving temperatures, treacherous murk, and apocalyptic pollution.
    • By diligently limiting the flashlight's movements during the exposures he gave the anemone a luminous vitality and kept the enveloping space murk.
adjective məːkmərk
Scottish archaic
  • Murky; gloomy.

    〈古〉黑暗的,昏暗的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sun peered down at her from the murk grey cloud rumbling their way down their road in the sky.

Origin

Old English mirce, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse myrkr.

Rhymes

berk, berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, kirk, lurk, mirk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work

Definition of murk in US English:

murk

nounmərkmərk
  • Darkness or thick mist that makes it difficult to see.

    黑暗,昏暗;迷雾,浓雾

    my eyes were straining to see through the murk of the rainy evening

    我努力透过昏暗的雨夜张望。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • How did we expect to extract fish for four from this opaque murk?
    • Burst cattails and grass line the edge; the water is thick, a deep green murk, a beautiful green cocktail.
    • The images palpitate between bleached brightness and murk.
    • New York water is a special brew of ferocious currents, unforgiving temperatures, treacherous murk, and apocalyptic pollution.
    • By diligently limiting the flashlight's movements during the exposures he gave the anemone a luminous vitality and kept the enveloping space murk.
    • Household items like the blare of the telephone's ring and the oppressive murk of Plath's London lighting scheme distort in her mind to create a homespun hell.
    • She needed her time alone, away from the gloom and murk of a sickroom.
adjectivemərkmərk
Scottish archaic
  • Murky; gloomy.

    〈古〉黑暗的,昏暗的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sun peered down at her from the murk grey cloud rumbling their way down their road in the sky.

Origin

Old English mirce, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse myrkr.

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