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dark

adjective
 
🔊/dɑːk/
🔊/dɑːrk/
(comparative darker, superlative darkest)
Idioms
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    with little light光线暗淡

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     with no or very little light, especially because it is night黑暗的；昏暗的；阴暗的
    • a dark room/street/forest/night黑暗的房间/街道/森林/夜晚
    • What time does it get dark in summer?夏天什么时候天黑？🔊🔊
    • Then the theatre went dark. 然后剧院就黑了。
    • It was dark outside and I couldn't see much.外面很黑，我看不清。🔊🔊
    • The sky was still dark.天空仍然很黑。
    • Use lights to illuminate dark corners.使用灯光照亮黑暗的角落。
    opposite light see also pitch-dark
    Extra Examples
    • It gets dark at about six o'clock.6 点左右天黑下来。
    • As it grew dark, they gathered round the fire.随着天色变暗，他们聚集到了篝火旁。
    • It's only three o'clock and it's nearly dark already.才 3 点钟，天就差不多黑了。
    • They stepped into the dark room and shone the torch.他们走进黑暗的房间，照亮了火炬。
    • He stumbled along through the dark forest.他在黑黝黝的森林中跌跌撞撞地前行。
    Topics Weathera1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
    2.

    colours颜色

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     not light; closer in shade to black than to white深色的；暗色的
    • dark blue/green/red/brown深蓝色/绿色/红色/棕色
    • Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.深色不显脏，更实用。🔊🔊
    opposite light, paleTopics Colours and Shapesa1
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     having a colour that is close to black近乎黑色的
    • He wore a dark suit and a plain tie.他穿着深色西服和浅色领带。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Topics Colours and Shapesa1

    4. hair/skin/eyes头发；皮肤；眼睛

  4.  
     brown or black in colour褐色的；黝黑的；乌黑的
    • Sue has long dark hair.休留着长长的黑发。🔊🔊
    • He was handsome with dark eyes.他很帅，黑眼睛。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Topics Appearancea1
  5.  
     (of a person人) having dark hair, eyes, etc.有深色头发（或眼睛等）的
    • a dark handsome stranger一位黑头发的英俊陌生人
    6. opposite fair

    mysterious神秘

  6. mysterious; hidden and not known about神秘的；隐秘的；隐藏的
    • There are no dark secrets in our family.我们家没有隐秘。🔊🔊
    7.

    evil邪恶

  7. evil or frightening邪恶的；阴险的；凶恶的
    • There was a darker side to his nature.他本性中有阴险的一面。🔊🔊
    • the dark forces of the imagination幻想中的邪恶势力
    • My mind was full of dark thoughts.我的脑子里充满了黑暗的想法。
    8.

    without hope无希望

  8. unpleasant and without any hope that something good will happen忧郁的；不快的；无望的
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • The theatre stayed open even in the darkest days of the war.这家剧院即使在战争中最黑暗的日子里仍然开门营业。
    9.

    phonetics语音学

  9. (of a speech sound语音) produced with the back part of the tongue close to the back of the mouth. In many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English, dark /l/ is used after a vowel, as in ball. 模糊的opposite clear
    10. Word OriginOld English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.
Idioms
a dark horse
  1. (British English) a person who does not tell other people much about their life, and who surprises other people by having interesting qualities深藏不露的人
  2. a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises everyone by winning出人意料的获胜者；黑马
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keep something dark
  1. (British English, informal) to keep something secret and not tell people about it对…保密；隐瞒；隐藏
    • He’s got two children? Well he’s kept that dark, hasn’t he!他有两个孩子？好吧，他一直保持黑暗，不是吗！

dark

noun
 
🔊/dɑːk/
🔊/dɑːrk/
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    no light无光

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    the dark
    [singular] the lack of light in a place, especially because it is night黑暗；暗处
    • Are the children afraid of the dark?孩子们怕黑吗？🔊🔊
    • in the dark All the lights went out and we were left in the dark.灯全熄了，我们周围一片黑暗。🔊🔊
    • animals that can see in the dark在黑暗中能看见东西的动物
    Extra Examples
    • The armbands glow in the dark.臂章在黑暗中发光。
    • I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.我在一片漆黑中摸索着找电灯开关。
    • I hate getting up in the dark.我讨厌天不亮就起床。
    • We could just make out some figures in the gathering dark.夜色渐浓，我们只能辨认出几个人影来。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pitch
    • gathering
    preposition
    • after dark
    • before dark
    • in the dark
    • …
    phrases
    • afraid of the dark
    See full entry
    2.

    colour颜色

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     [uncountable] an amount of something that is dark in colour暗色；阴影
    • patterns of light and dark明暗相间的图案
    3. Word OriginOld English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.
Idioms
after/before dark
  1. after/before the sun goes down and it is night天黑后／前；黄昏后／前
    • Try to get home before dark.尽量在天黑前回家。🔊🔊
    • Don't go out alone after dark.天黑后不要单独外出。🔊🔊
in the dark (about something)
  1. knowing nothing about something（对某事）全然不知
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • 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 leap in the dark
  1. an action or a risk that you take without knowing anything about the activity or what the result will be冒险举动
    • I didn’t know what the new job would be like—I just took a leap in the dark.我不知道新工作会是什么样子-我只是在黑暗中飞跃了。
    Topics Dangerc2
a shot/stab in the dark
  1. a guess; something you do without knowing what the result will be瞎猜；盲动；盲干
    • The figure he came up with was really just a shot in the dark.他得出的数字实际上只是瞎猜而已。🔊🔊
    • It was only a stab in the dark, but I hoped I could learn something.虽然那只是在瞎弄，但我还是希望能学会点儿东西。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
whistle in the dark
  1. to pretend not to be afraid对…保密；隐瞒；隐藏
    • Instead of whistling in the dark about the inevitable disaster, we should be making plans for when it strikes.与其在黑暗中为不可避免的灾难吹口哨，不如在灾难发生时制定计划。