darkness

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 高中 FREQ #2417

n. 黑暗, 暗, 深色, 隐密, 模糊, 无知

发音

UK /ˈdɑːknəs/
US /ˈdɑɹknɪs/

词形变化

darknesses 复数 darknesses

别名

darknes darckness darkeness darknesse darkenesse

教材释义与例句

名词

黑暗;模糊;无知;阴郁

when there is no light

the long hours of darkness during winter

冬季漫长的黑夜

We lit our campfire as darkness fell (= it became night ) .

夜幕降临,我们点起了篝火。

He stared out the window at the gathering darkness (= the night slowly coming ) .

他凝视着窗外渐浓的夜色。

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

    黑暗

    不可数 可数

    The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.

  2. 2.

    The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

    不可数 可数

    The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.

  3. 3.

    Any space that such colour pervades.

    可数 不可数

    Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.

  4. 4.

    Gloom; gloominess; depression.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    The product of being dark.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.

    不可数 可数
  7. 7.

    Secrecy; concealment.

    不可数 可数
  8. 8.

    Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

    不可数 可数
  9. 9.

    Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.

    不可数 可数
  10. 10.

    Hell.

    不可数 可数

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词源

From Middle English derknesse, from Old English deorcnes; equivalent to dark + -ness.

来源:wiktionary