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  • Derivatives : n  darkness ; adj  darkish ; adv  darkly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

dark [dɒːk]
  1. 1. adjective [+room] [ night] (in brightness) 黑暗
  2. 2. adjective [+eyes] [ hair] [ skin] (in complexion) 黑色的
  3. 3. adjective [+person] 头发皮肤深色的
  4. 4. adjective [+suit] [ fabric etc] (in colour) 深色的
  5. 5. adjective [+time] (unpleasant) 黑暗
  6. 6. adjective [+look] 阴郁
  7. 7. adjective [+remark] 悲观
  8. 8. adjective [+rumour] 恶毒
  9. 9. noun the dark 黑暗
    dark blue/green
    深蓝色/绿色
    dark chocolate
    巧克力
    it is/is getting dark
    天黑
    after dark
    天黑以后
    to be in the dark about sth
    对某事一无所知

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

dark [dɑːrk]
  1. 1. adjective 暗的阴暗的
    We carried sticky ice cream cones into the large dark room.
    我们将粘的雪糕筒拿进了昏暗的大房间里。
  2. 2. adjective [Chromatics] 暗色的,深色调的
    The floor at the edge was stained a dark oak.
    地板边缘被染成了深橡木色。
    dark colors like wine red or navy blue
    像葡萄酒红或海军蓝一样深色
  3. 3. adjective 深色的褐色的
    She has dark brown hair and green eyes.
    她有深棕色头发和一双绿色的眼睛
  4. 4. adjective 邪恶的,恶毒的,阴险
    He discovered a darker side to his girlfriend.
    发现女友身更阴暗的一面
  5. 5. adjective 秘密的隐秘
    People would tell me their deepest and darkest secrets.
    人们告诉他们最深处最隐秘秘密
  6. 6. adjective 闷闷不乐的,阴沉的愠怒的
    His dark humor tends to scare people instead of making them feel at ease.
    他的黑色幽默往往人们吓坏了,而不是使他们放松
  7. 7. adjective 愚昧的,无知
    It was a dark age for equality and justice.
    这是个缺少平等正义年代
  8. 8. adjective 晦涩的,费解
    His theories on life were as dark as my own.
    关于生命的论调我的一样悲观
    Much that was dark is now quite clear to me.
    很多曾经不知道事情现在明白了。
  9. 9. adjective 使人沮丧的,令人忧郁的
    We stepped outside the hall into the dark and cool evening.
    我们踏出了门厅,走进了凉爽黑暗夜幕
  10. 10. adjective 黑色皮肤的黑色人种
    Dark skinned people rarely get sunburns.
    暗色皮肤的很少晒伤
  11. 11. adjective 关闭的,不开放的,不演出
    The satelite went dark for reasons unknown.
    卫星消失了,原因不明
    The theater is dark on Mondays.
    这个剧院每个星期一关门
  12. 12. n.[u] 黑暗
    I was terrified of the dark when I was younger.
    小时候很怕黑。
  13. 13. n.[u] 邪恶道德沦丧
    We suspected that our strange neighbor was dark.
    我们怀疑那个奇怪邻居有点不正常
  14. 14. n.[u] 阴影阴暗处
    A prowler couldn't be seen hiding in the dark.
    一个小偷正躲在看不见的暗处
  15. 15. n.[u] 夜晚夜间
    I had to find 20 chickens before dark.
    天黑之前必须找到20只鸡。
  16. 16. n.[u] 无知愚昧
    I should put you in the know, not keep you in the dark.
    应该让你知道,而不是对你保守秘密
    He was in the dark concerning their intentions.
    他对他们的意图一无所知

Collins English-English Dictionary

dark [dɒːk]
  1. 1. adj having little or no light
    a dark street
  2. 2. adj (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting little light - Compare light medium
    dark brown
  3. 3. adj (of complexion, hair colour, etc) not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette
  4. 4. adj (in combination)
    dark-eyed
  5. 5. adj gloomy or dismal
  6. 6. adj sinister; evil
    a dark purpose
  7. 7. adj sullen or angry
    a dark scowl
  8. 8. adj ignorant or unenlightened
    a dark period in our history
  9. 9. adj secret or mysterious
    keep it dark
  10. 10. adj [phonetics] denoting an (l) pronounced with a velar articulation giving back vowel resonance. In English, l is usually dark when final or preconsonantal - Compare light
  11. 11. n absence of light; darkness
  12. 12. n night or nightfall
  13. 13. n a dark place, patch, or shadow
  14. 14. n a state of ignorance (esp in the phrase in the dark)
  15. 15. vb an archaic word for darken
  16. 16. vb [Etymology] Old English deorc; related to Old High German terchennen to hide

Examples

This theater is dark tonight.
本院今晚停演。
dark foliaged
枝叶浓密的
how dark soever the night may be
无论夜里多么黑
Dark clouds denote rain.
黑云预示有雨。
Then the mountains will slowly turn dark green.
接着群山将慢慢变成深绿色。

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