black out

短语
大学

使停刊, 熄灭灯火

发音

AU

词形变化

blacked out blacking out blacks out 三单 blacks out blacking out 现在分词 blacked out 过去式 blacked out 过去分词

别名

blackout

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.

    习语 及物

    Seigel was able to send two post cards home in 44 months via the Red Cross. The first one was completely blacked out by the Japanese censor's pen. The second one he sent, Seigel wrote that he weighed his "usual weight of 130". Seigel's usual weight was 230 so the family could see that he had been severely starved while in captivity. Seigel had at least triumphed over the Japanese censor and his black pen.

  2. 2.

    To censor or cover up.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To obscure in darkness.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship.

    不及物

    The countryside blacked out to avoid helping enemy aircraft.

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