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| 1 | lacking light 黑暗的；无光的 |
| a dark and stormy night 暴风雨的黑夜 |
| When Maggie woke up, it was still dark. 玛吉醒来的时候，天还黑着。 |
| completely dark By this time it was ten o’ clock and completely dark. 到这个时候已经是10点钟了，天全黑了。 |
| get/grow dark (=become dark at the end of a day) When they left, it was already starting to get dark. （天）黑下来 |
| go dark (=become suddenly dark) The room went dark and the cinema screen flickered into life. 突然黑下来 |
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| 2 | black or almost black in colour 黑色的；浅黑的 |
| He was dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt. 他身穿黑色西服，配着白色衬衫。 |
| There were dark patches on the walls where water had soaked through. 墙上被水浸透的地方有黑斑。 |
| She glanced up at the dark clouds above the cliffs. 她抬头看了一眼悬崖上方的乌云。 |
| | 2a | strong and not pale in colour 深色的 | | dark blue/green/red etc a dark blue jacket 深蓝色的夹克衫 | |
| | 2b | dark hair , eyes, or skin are brown or black in colour （头发、眼睛或皮肤）棕色的，黑色的 | | He was tanned and had dark curly hair. 他晒得黑黑的，还长着一头黑色鬈发。 | | an attractive dark-haired nurse 一位迷人的黑发护士 | | He looked up at her, his dark eyes strangely bright. 他抬头看着她，他的黑眼睛亮得出奇。 | |
| | 2c | if a white person is described as being dark , they have brown or black hair and sometimes skin that is not light in colour （白人）棕色头发及深色皮肤的，黑发及深色皮肤的 | | a tall dark man 棕色头发、深色皮肤的高个男子 | |
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| 3 | usually before noun morally bad , dangerous , or frightening 凶恶的；危险的；可怕的 |
| I always suspected there was a darker side to his character. 我总怀疑他的性格有阴暗的一面。 |
| | 3a | a dark time is one in which people feel frightened , unhappy , and without hope （时期）感到阴郁的，忧愁的，黑暗的 | | during the darkest days of the war 在战争的那些最黑暗的日子里 | | sb’ s darkest hour This was the President’ s darkest hour. 这是总统感到最无望的时刻。 | |
| | 3b | a dark look or remark is angry and threatening （神情或话语）凶恶的 | |
| | 3c | dark thoughts are sad because you believe that something bad is going to happen （思想）悲观的 | |
| | 3d | a dark secret or mystery is kept well hidden , especially because people would not approve if they knew about it 隐秘的；深藏的 | |
| | 3e | a dark place is distant and mysterious because very little information is known about it （地方）遥远神秘的 | | in some dark corner of his mind 在他头脑中的某个神秘角落 | |
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| 4 | if a theatre is dark , there are no performances there during a particular time （剧院等）无演出的 |
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