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darkness

noun
 
🔊/ˈdɑːknəs/
🔊/ˈdɑːrknəs/
[uncountable]
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  1.  
    the state of being dark, without any light黑暗；阴暗；漆黑
    • After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.几分钟后我们的眼睛就适应了黑暗。🔊🔊
    • The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off.停电后，整座房子陷入一片黑暗。🔊🔊
    • The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night).夕阳西下，夜幕降临。🔊🔊
    • There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings.冬天的早晨天亮晚一个小时。🔊🔊
    • Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness.夜间禁止停放车辆。🔊🔊
    • Her face was in darkness.她的脸处于暗处。🔊🔊
    • They managed to escape under cover of darkness.他们设法在夜色掩护下逃跑了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.黑暗中她的双眼似乎在闪光。
    • It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.夜色渐浓，根本看不清地图。
    • The car disappeared into the darkness.汽车消失在黑暗中。
    • The room was swallowed by darkness.房间被黑暗吞噬了。
    • The valley lay in darkness.山谷隐没在一片黑暗之中。
    • We waited for the darkness to lift.我们等待破晓。
    • the inky darkness of the tunnel隧道内一片漆黑
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • pitch
    • total
    • …
    verb + darkness
    • be plunged into
    • lie in
    • stand in
    • …
    darkness + verb
    • close in
    • come
    • descend
    • …
    preposition
    • in (the) darkness
    • into the darkness
    • out of the darkness
    • …
    phrases
    • the hours of darkness
    • under cover of darkness
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  2.  
    the quality or state of being dark in colour墨色；暗色；深色
    • It depends on the darkness of your skin.这取决于你肤色的深浅。🔊🔊
    Topics Colours and Shapesb2
  3. (literary) evil邪恶；罪恶
    • the forces of darkness邪恶势力