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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- obscure [əb 'skjυr] [əb 'skjuə]
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1.
adjective
暗的；昏暗的；黑暗的；朦胧的
- the obscure night
- 黑夜
- 2. adjective 不易觉察的；具体指不清楚的；不分明的；不明显的
- 3. adjective 不易觉察的；具体指不易明白的；难解的；模糊的
- 4. adjective 不易觉察的；具体指不引人注意的；隐匿的；偏僻的
- 5. adjective 无名的；不著名的
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6.
adjective
[phonetics]
轻音的
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7.
vt.
使暗；具体指使黑暗；使朦胧
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8.
vt.
使暗；具体指使不清楚；隐匿
- 9. vt. 使暗；具体指使不分明；使暗淡
- 10. vt. 使暗；具体指使难理解；搞混
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11.
vt.
[phonetics]
成为含糊的元音
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12.
noun
[rarely used]
【同义词】obscurity
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1.
adjective
暗的；昏暗的；黑暗的；朦胧的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- obscure [əb'skjυə]
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1.
adj
unclear or abstruse
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2.
adj
indistinct, vague, or indefinite
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3.
adj
inconspicuous or unimportant
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4.
adj
hidden, secret, or remote
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5.
adj
(of a vowel) reduced to or transformed into a neutral vowel (
& ) -
6.
adj
gloomy, dark, clouded, or dim
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to make unclear, vague, or hidden
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8.
vt.
to cover or cloud over
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9.
vt.
[phonetics]
to pronounce (a vowel) with articulation that causes it to become a neutral sound represented by (
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10.
n
a rare word for obscurity
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11.
n
[Etymology]
C14: via Old French from Latin obsc
u rus dark
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1.
adj
unclear or abstruse
Examples
- the obscure night
- 黑夜 → obscure
- an obscure figure or sound
- 模糊的轮廓或声音 → obscure
- an obscure explanation
- 含糊不清的解释 → obscure
- an obscure village
- 偏僻的村庄 → obscure
- an obscure scientist
- 不著名的科学家 → obscure
- 文辞晦涩
- obscure language (in poetry, drama, etc.) → 晦涩
- 生僻的典故
- obscure allusions → 生僻
- 译文拙涩
- clumsy and obscure translation → 拙涩
- 艰涩
- involved and abstruse; intricate and obscure → 涩
- 混淆
- obscure; blur; confuse; mix up → 淆
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