black1 /blæk/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp blacker, superlativesupl blackest) 1 COLOURcolour 颜色CC having the darkest colour, like coal or night 黑色的,黑的 a black evening dress 黑色晚礼服
jet/inky black (=very dark) 乌黑的 2 no light 没有光 very dark because there is no light 黑暗的,漆黑的 It was still pitch black (=very dark) out. 外面依然一片漆黑。
3 PEOPLEpeople 人 (also Black) a) SANbelonging to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin 黑色人种的 → white Over half the students are black. 有超过一半的学生是黑人。
b) [only before noun]SAN relating to black people 黑人的,与黑人有关的 politics from a black perspective 黑人政治
Black and Asian music 黑人音乐和亚洲音乐
4 TEA/COFFEEdrink 饮料DFD [only before noun] black coffee or tea does not have milk in it 〔咖啡或茶〕不加奶的 OPP white Black coffee, no sugar, please. 黑咖啡,不加糖,谢谢。
5 DIRTYdirty 脏的 informal very dirty 黑乎乎的,脏的be black with soot/dirt/age etc 黑乎乎布满煤烟/黑乎乎布满灰尘/年久发黑等
6 WITHOUT HOPESAD/UNHAPPYwithout hope 没有希望 sad and without hope for the future 无希望的;令人沮丧的;前景暗淡的 the blackest period of European history 欧洲历史上最黑暗的时期
a mood of black despair 悲观绝望的心情
It’s been another black day for the car industry, with more job losses announced. 汽车工业又经历了一个黑暗的日子,据公布称更多的人遭裁员。
7 humour 幽默 making jokes about serious subjects, especially death 黑色的〔指拿严肃话题开玩笑,尤其是关于死亡〕 a very black joke 一个很沉重的黑色笑话
8 ANGRYangry 生气的 [only before noun] full of feelings of anger or hate 怒气冲冲的;充满仇恨的 → blackly Denise gave me a black look. 丹尼丝恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。
9. a black mark (against somebody) if there is a black mark against you, someone has a bad opinion of you because of something you have done (对某人不利的)看法,污点a black mark (against somebody)• It is almost impossible to borrow money if you have any black marks against you.• Irina had put a black mark against him with Rakovsky.• Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program.• The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions.• Incidentally, Willoughby, you've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble.• You get a black mark next to your name that may show up in your next evaluation.• It would be a good mark, not a black mark.• The outcome will be recorded but the finding does not constitute a black mark on the record of the officer involved.• A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate. 10. not be as black as you are painted BAD PERSONnot to be as bad as people say you are 并不像人们说的那样坏 11 ALbad 坏的BAD literary very bad 罪恶的,邪恶的 —blackness noun