dark
- adj.黑暗的;深色的;阴暗的;暗色的;昏暗的;褐色的;神秘的;邪恶的;忧郁的;近乎黑色的;有深色头发（或眼睛等）的
- n.黑暗;暗色;阴影;暗处
darkadj.
光线暗淡 with little light
黑暗的；昏暗的；阴暗的
with no or very little light, especially because it is night
a dark room/street/forest
黑暗的房间；昏暗的街道；黑黝黝的森林
What time does it get dark in summer?
夏天什么时候天黑？
It was dark outside and I couldn't see much.
外面很黑，我看不清。
颜色 colours
深色的；暗色的
not light; closer in shade to black than to white
dark blue/green/red, etc.
深蓝色、墨绿色、深红色等
Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.
深色不显脏，更实用。
近乎黑色的
having a colour that is close to black
a dark suit
深色的西服
dark-coloured wood
深色木材
The dark clouds in the sky meant that a storm was coming.
天空中的乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
头发；皮肤；眼睛 hair/skin/eyes
褐色的；黝黑的；乌黑的
brown or black in colour
Sue has long dark hair.
苏留着长长的黑发。
Even if you have dark skin, you still need protection from the sun.
即使你皮肤黝黑，仍需要防晒。
有深色头发（或眼睛等）的
having dark hair, eyes, etc.
a dark handsome stranger
一位黑头发英俊陌生人
神秘 mysterious
神秘的；隐秘的；隐藏的
mysterious; hidden and not known about
There are no dark secrets in our family.
我们家没有隐秘。
邪恶 evil
邪恶的；阴险的；凶恶的
evil or frightening
There was a darker side to his nature.
他本性中还有阴险的一面。
the dark forces of the imagination
幻想中的邪恶势力
无希望 without hope
忧郁的；不快的；无望的
unpleasant and without any hope that sth good will happen
the darkest days of Fascism
法西斯统治下最黑暗的日子
The film is a dark vision of the future.
这部影片预示着黯淡无光的未来。
语音学 phonetics
暗的
produced with the back part of the tongue close to the back of the mouth. In many accents of English, dark /l/ is used after a vowel, as in ball .
to keep sth secret and not tell people about it
noun
无光 no light
黑暗；暗处
the lack of light in a place, especially because it is night
All the lights went out and we were left in the dark .
灯全熄了，我们周围一片黑暗。
Are the children afraid of the dark?
孩子们怕黑吗？
animals that can see in the dark
在黑暗中能看见东西的动物
颜色 colour
暗色；阴影
an amount of sth that is dark in colour
patterns of light and dark
明暗相间的图案
after/before the sun goes down and it is night
尽量在天黑前回家。
Try to get home before dark.
Don't go out alone after dark.
天黑后不要单独外出。
knowing nothing about sth
工人全然不知出售公司的计划。
Workers were kept in the dark about the plans to sell the company.
She arrived at the meeting as much in the dark as everyone else.
她到会时与其他人一样毫不知情。
a guess; sth you do without knowing what the result will be
他得出的数字实际上只是瞎猜而已。
The figure he came up with was really just a shot in the dark.
an action or a risk that you take without knowing anything about the activity or what the result will be
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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.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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The light went out, and the room was plunged into darkness.
灯熄了，屋里陷入一片漆黑。
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...a darkly lit, seedy dance hall.
灯光昏暗、乌烟瘴气的舞厅
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N-SING 黑暗;昏暗;暗处
The dark is the lack of light in a place.Her mother was sitting in the dark by the stove in her rocking chair...
她母亲坐在炉边暗处的摇椅里。
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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.He wore a dark suit and carried a black attaché case...
他身穿暗色西服，手提黑色公文包。
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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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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.She was wearing a dark blue dress.
她穿着一件深蓝色的礼服。
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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.He had dark, curly hair...
他有一头卷曲的黑发。
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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.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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He was a slim, solemn, darkly handsome young man.
他是个身材修长、表情庄重、皮肤黝黑的帅小伙。
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ADJ-GRADED (时期）黑暗的，恐怖的，悲惨的
A dark period of time is unpleasant or frightening.Once again there's talk of very dark days ahead...
又有传言说以后的日子会非常艰难。
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ADJ-GRADED (地方)神秘的，隐秘的
A dark place or area is mysterious and not fully known about.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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ADJ-GRADED (想法）忧郁的，悲观的
Dark thoughts are sad, and show that you are expecting something unpleasant to happen.Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
特洛伊的喋喋不休让我暂时收起了阴郁思绪。
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Her thoughts circled darkly round Bernard's strange behaviour.
她为伯纳德的古怪行为忧心忡忡。
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ADJ-GRADED (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.Garin shot him a dark glance, as if in warning.
加林恶狠狠地瞪了他一眼，似乎是在警告。
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'Something's wrong here,' she said darkly...
“这儿有些不对劲，”她不祥地说道。
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ADJ-GRADED （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.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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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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PHRASE 天黑后
If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun.They avoid going out alone after dark.
他们避免在天黑以后独自外出。
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PHRASE 天黑前
If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.They'll be back well before dark.
他们会在天黑前早早返回。
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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.The investigators admit that they are completely in the dark about the killing...
调查人员承认他们对这起谋杀一无所知。
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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.Every single one of those inspired guesses had been shots in the dark.
所有那些凭直觉的猜测都是无根据的瞎猜。
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leap in the dark→ see:leap
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- an unenlightened state
- he was in the dark concerning their intentions
- his lectures dispelled the darkness
- Synonym: darkness
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- an unilluminated area
- he moved off into the darkness
- Synonym: darkness shadow
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- absence of light or illumination
- Synonym: darkness
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- absence of moral or spiritual values
- the powers of darkness
- Synonym: iniquity wickedness darkness
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- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- Synonym: night nighttime
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- not giving performances;closed
- the theater is dark on Mondays
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- having skin rich in melanin pigments
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- dark-skinned peoples
- Synonym: colored coloured dark-skinned non-white
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- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- dark eyes
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- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness;shadowed or black
- sitting in a dark corner
- a dark day
- dark shadows
- dark as the inside of a black cat
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- causing dejection
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- Synonym: blue dingy disconsolate dismal gloomy grim sorry drab drear dreary
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- (used of color) having a dark hue
- dark green
- dark glasses
- dark colors like wine red or navy blue
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- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- much that was dark is now quite clear to me
- those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure
- Synonym: obscure
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- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- this benighted country
- benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
- the dark ages
- a dark age in the history of education
- Synonym: benighted
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- stemming from evil characteristics or forces;wicked or dishonorable
- black deeds
- a black lie
- his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
- Darth Vader of the dark side
- a dark purpose
- dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
- the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hard
- Synonym: black sinister
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- showing a brooding ill humor
- a dark scowl
- the proverbially dour New England Puritan
- a glum, hopeless shrug
- he sat in moody silence
- a morose and unsociable manner
- a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Blive
- a sour temper
- a sullen crowd
- Synonym: dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
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- secret
- keep it dark
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He shivered at the thought of the cold , dark sea .
那寒冷黑暗的大海，他想想都吓得发抖。
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She groped blindly for the light switch in the dark room .
她在黑暗的房间里摸索电灯开关。
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It was dark outside and I couldn 't see much .
外面很黑，我看不清。
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What time does it get dark in summer ?
夏天什么时候天黑？
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The film is a dark vision of the future .
这部影片预示着黯淡无光的未来。
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The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil .
用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
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Even if you have dark skin , you still need protection from the sun .
即使你皮肤黝黑，仍需要防晒。
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Try to get home before dark .
尽量在天黑前回家。
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I had to feel about in the dark for the light switch .
我得在黑暗中摸索寻找电灯开关。
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The sky suddenly went dark and it started to rain .
天空骤然转暗，随即下起雨来。
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Don 't go out alone after dark .
天黑后不要单独外出。
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A dark narrow passage led to the main hall .
一条阴暗狭窄的走廊通向大厅。
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It 's dark now ─ let 's close the curtains .
天黑了，咱们拉上窗帘吧。
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With luck , we 'll be home before dark .
如果一切顺利的话，我们可在天黑前回到家。
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Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell .
二十多名囚犯被塞在一间黑暗狭小的牢房里。
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I 'm frightened of walking home alone in the dark .
我害怕在黑夜单独走路回家。
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Workers were kept in the dark about the plans to sell the company .
工人全然不知出售公司的计划。
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After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark .
过了一会儿他的眼睛习惯了黑暗。
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Are the children afraid of the dark ?
孩子们怕黑吗？
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They didn 't reach the border until after dark .
他们天黑以后才到达边境。
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He was tall and thin , with dark hair .
他又高又瘦，满头黑发。
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She looked away from his dark probing eyes .
她转移目光，避开他那双锐利的黑眼睛。
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He 'll hole up now and move again tomorrow , after dark .
他现在将躲起来，等明天天黑以后再动身。
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The man was described as tall and dark , and aged about 20 .
据描述这男人高个子，深色皮肤，年龄在20岁左右。
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It took a few moments for her eyes to focus in the dark .
过了好几分钟她的眼睛才适应了黑暗。
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The suspect has dark hair and green eyes .
嫌疑犯有着一头黑发和一双绿眼睛。
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The sky was full of dark masses of clouds .
天空中乌云密布。
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The lettering stood out well against the dark background .
那种字体在深色背景下十分醒目。
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The door swung open , disclosing a long dark passage .
门开了，露出一条昏暗的长通道。
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She had long dark hair .
她留着黑黑的长发。
普通用词，主要指由于光线不足或缺乏照明而变得黑暗，使人看不见眼前物体，用于比喻时则指阴险的、邪恶的。
The room is too dark to paint a picture in.
这房间光线太暗，不能在这儿画画。
Don't always focus on the dark side of things.
不要总是关注事物的阴暗面。
主要指颜色是黑色的，有时也指某处因光线不足而黑暗的。
He likes to wear a black jacket.
他喜欢穿黑色夹克。
He found a black cave.
他发现了一个黑漆漆的山洞。
强调由于黑暗或光线微弱而无法看清物体的；也可指记忆不清晰的。
You'd better not read in that dim room.
你最好不要在那个昏暗的房间里看书。
He has a dim memory of his childhood.
他对童年的记忆有些模糊不清了。
强调光线不足或微弱的；也指黎明或傍晚时周围环境灰蒙蒙的。
He sat in a dusky corner.
他坐在昏暗的角落里。
It was a dusky winter day when he returned home after a long journey.
那是一个灰蒙蒙的冬日，经过一番长途跋涉，他终于回到家了。
主要指由于烟、雾等而难以看清的，引申则指含糊难懂的。
I couldn't make out the house number in the murky light.
在昏暗的光线下我看不清房子的门牌号。
The secretary only put forward a murky suggestion.
秘书仅提出了一个模糊的建议。
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