单词乎

dark

音标[dɑ:k]

汉语翻译

n. 黑暗, 夜, 黄昏, 模糊
a. 黑暗的, 暗的, 深色的, 隐密的, 模糊的, 无知的
相关词组:
keep oneself dark
in a dark temper
in the dark
leap in the dark
leave sb in the dark
keep sth dark
keep someone in the dark

词型变化

名词:darkness 副词:darkly 形容词:darkish 形容词比较级:darker 最高级:darkest 

词意辨析

dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey
这些形容词都含有“完全地或不完全地缺少光亮”之意。
dark: 最普通用词,指缺乏自然光线或人工照明,使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。
dim: 指光线不足或视力较差,不能清晰地看见物体。
black: 侧重颜色是黑色的,有时也指无光的黑暗。
gloomy: 指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。
obscure: 指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清,失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。
vague: 通常作借喻用,形容抽象事物。
grey: 与dark意思相近,但侧重阴暗单调的意味。

英语解释

名词 dark:

  1. absence of light or illumination
    同义词:darkness
  2. absence of moral or spiritual values
    同义词:iniquity, wickedness, darkness
  3. an unilluminated area
    同义词:darkness, shadow
  4. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
    同义词:night, nighttime
  5. an unenlightened state
    同义词:darkness

形容词 dark:

  1. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
  2. (used of color) having a dark hue
  3. brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
  4. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable-Thomas Hardy
    同义词:black, sinister
  5. causing dejection
    同义词:blue, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
  6. secret
  7. showing a brooding ill humor
    同义词:dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
  8. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
    同义词:benighted
  9. marked by difficulty of style or expression
    同义词:obscure
  10. having skin rich in melanin pigments
    同义词:colored, coloured, dark-skinned, non-white
  11. not giving performances; closed

例句

  1. I'm getting married again, but keep it dark, will you?
    我要再婚了,可要保密呀,行吗?
  2. It's a dark and moonless night.
    这是一个黑暗无月的夜晚。
  3. Some children are afraid of the dark.
    有些小孩怕黑。

详细解释


dark

adj.(形容词)
dark.er,dark.est 缩写 dk.


Lacking or having very little light:
黑暗的:缺乏或只有少量光线的:
例句:
a dark corner.
黑暗的角落

Lacking brightness:
缺乏光亮的:
例句:
a dark day.
阴天

Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light.
光线微弱的:反射入射光的仅一小部分的
Of a shade tending toward black in comparison with other shades. Used of a color.
有阴影的,暗色调的:和其他阴影相比较,属于趋向于黑色的阴影的。用于颜色
Having a complexion that is not fair; swarthy.
黑皮肤的:具有非白晰的脸色的;黑黝黝的
Characterized by gloom; dismal:
以幽暗为特点的;忧郁的:
例句:
took a dark view of the consequences.
对结果持悲观看法

Sullen or threatening:
阴郁的或威胁的:
例句:
a dark scowl.
脸色阴郁

Difficult to understand; obscure:
难以理解的;模糊的:
例句:
stories that are large in scope and dark in substance.
故事范围庞大,但内容难以理解

Concealed or secret; mysterious:
隐藏的或秘密的;神秘的:
例句:
.the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East.(W. Bruce Lincoln)
.非洲黑色的神秘和东方的神话般的奇迹.(W.布鲁斯·林肯)

Lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture:
没知识的:缺乏教育、知识或文化的:
例句:
a dark age in the history of education.
教育史上的黑暗时代

Exhibiting or stemming from evil characteristics or forces; sinister:
凶恶的,阴险的:展示或来自邪恶的人物或力量的阻碍;邪恶的:
例句:
.churned up dark undercurrents of ethnic and religious hostility.(Peter Maas)
.搅起种族和宗教仇视的邪恶潜流.(彼得·马斯)

Having richness or depth:
富有的,深沉的:
例句:
a dark, melancholy vocal tone.
低沉忧郁的声调

Not giving performances; closed:
不演出的;关闭的:
例句:
The movie theater is dark on Mondays.
电影院每逢星期一公休

n.(名词)
Absence of light.
黑暗:缺乏光线
A place having little or no light.
黑暗之处:光线很弱或没有光线的地方
Night; nightfall:
夜晚;黄昏:
例句:
home before dark.
天黑以前回家

A deep hue or color.
深色调:深的色调或颜色

<习惯用语>in the dark
In secret:
秘密地:
例句:
high-level decisions made in the dark.
高层决定是秘密地制定的

In a state of ignorance; uninformed:
一无所知地;未通知地:
例句:
kept me in the dark about their plans.
我对他们的计划一无所知

来源:
Middle English derk
中古英语 derk
from Old English deorc
源自 古英语 deorc

【引伸】
dark.ish
adj.(形容词)
dark.ly
adv.(副词)
dark.ness
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>dark,dim,murky,dusky,obscure,opaque,shady,shadowyThese adjectives indicate the absence of light or clarity.
这些形容词表示缺乏光线或清晰度。
Dark, the most widely applicable, can refer to insufficiency of illumination for seeing:
Dark 应用的最广泛,指能被没有足够的光源看见:
例句:
.Under the earth, in the flat, dark air, the wet, gloomy rock gave quarter grudgingly. (Jimmy Breslin).The word can also denote deepness of shade or color (
.在地下,在死气沉沉的、阴暗的空气里,潮湿阴郁的石头不情愿地分开 (吉米·布雷斯林)。这个单词也能表示阴影或颜色的深度(

例句:
dark brown), absence of cheer (
深褐色), 不高兴(

例句:
a dark, somber mood), or lack of rectitude:
不高兴、忧郁的情绪) 或缺乏正直:

例句:
.It [gold] serves what life requires,/But dreadful too, the dark Assassin hires. (Alexander Pope).
.它 为生活的需要服务,但是也是可怕的,成为邪恶的暗杀团体成员的雇金. (亚历山大教皇)。

Dim suggests lack of clarity of outline, as of physical entities or mental processes such as recollection:
Dim 暗示使轮廓清晰的缺乏,如物理实体或脑力过程的,如回忆:
例句:
.life and the memory of it cramped,/dim, on a piece of Bristol board. (Elizabeth Bishop);it can also apply to a source of light to indicate insufficiency:
.生活及其回忆在一块上等板纸上束缚着、模糊着. (伊丽莎白大主教);它也能用于被表示不足光线的来源:

例句:
.storied Windows richly dight,/Casting a dim religious light. (John Milton).
.以历史故事装饰富丽堂皇的窗户,投射了一丝模糊的宗教光线. (约翰·米尔顿)。

Murky implies darkness, often extreme, such as that produced by smoke or fog:
Murky 意指黑暗,往往是极端的,如由烟或雾致成的:
例句:
.an atmosphere murky with sand. (Willa Cather).
由沙子导致的黑暗气氛 (威拉·凯瑟)。

例句:
.The path was altogether indiscernible in the murky darkness which surrounded them. (Sir Walter Scott).Figuratively it can imply dark vagueness:
.这条小径被围绕在漆黑中难以辨别. (沃尔特·斯科特爵士)。它能象征性地暗示不明确、朦胧模糊:

例句:
.the narrow crevice of one good deed in a murky life of guilt. (Charles Dickens).
.在罪恶糊涂的一生中,仅有的一件好事. (查尔斯·狄更斯)。

Dusky applies principally to the dimness that is characteristic of diminishing light, as at twilight:
Dusky 主要指以逐渐减弱的光线为特点的暗淡,如黎明时:
例句:
.The dusky night rides down the sky,/And ushers in the morn. (Henry Fielding);it often refers to deepness of shade of a color:
.黑夜驱走了天空/带来了早晨. (亨利·菲尔丁);它常指阴影或颜色的深度:

例句:
.A dusky blush rose to her cheek. (Edith Wharton).
.红晕的羞愧涌上她的面颊. (伊迪斯·华顿)。

Obscure usually means unclear to the mind or senses (
Obscure 通常意思是思乡或感觉不清晰 (
例句:
an obscure communiqué requiring clarification), but it can refer to physical darkness (
需要说明的思路不清的公报), 但是它也能指物理上的黑暗(

例句:
the obscure rooms of a shuttered mansion).
装上百叶窗的大厦的黑暗房间)。

Opaque means not admitting penetration by light (
Opaque 指不能被光线穿透的(
例句:
opaque rock crystals); figuratively it applies to something that is unintelligible:
不透明的岩石晶体); 它能用于比喻难以理解的事情:

例句:
.Nixon confined himself to opaque philosophical statements that indicated he was not ready for a discussion of basic assumptions. (Henry A. Kissinger).
.尼克松把自己沉浸在晦涩的哲学论述中,这意味着他不准备讨论基础假说. (亨利·A·基辛格)。

Shady refers literally to what is sheltered from light, especially sunlight (
Shady 字面上指避光的,尤其是太阳光(
例句:
a shady grove of catalpas) or figuratively to what is of questionable honesty (
梓属植物的避光树丛) 或比喻意义上指有可疑的诚实(

例句:
shady business deals).
可疑的商业交易)。

Shadowy also implies obstructed light (
Shadowy 也指被挡住的光线 (
例句:
a shadowy avenue through thick foliage) but may suggest shifting illumination and indistinctness:
茂密的叶子遮住了林荫道), 但也可暗示转换照明和模糊:

例句:
.[He] retreated from the limelight to the shadowy fringe of music history. (Charles Sherman).The word can refer to something that seems to lack substance and is mysterious and possibly sinister:
. 从受人注意的中心回到音乐史的虚幻边缘. (查尔斯·谢尔曼)。这个词可用来指看起来好象缺乏实质和神秘的或可能邪恶的事情:

例句:
a shadowy figure in a black Homburg traversing the fogbound park.
头戴黑色翘边帽的神秘人在因浓雾而进退不能的公园来回徘徊


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