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dark

Word family 
dark1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ ●●● S2 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp darker, superlativesupl darkest)  
1  no light 无光的DARK if it is dark, there is little or no light 昏暗的；黑暗的 OPP light
 The church was dark and quiet.
教堂里黑魆魆的，寂静无声。
 the dark winter days
阴暗的冬日
 Suddenly, the room went dark (=became dark).
房间突然变暗了。
 It gets dark (=night begins) about ten o'clock.
大约十点钟开始天黑。
 It was still dark (=was night) when we boarded the train.
我们上火车时天还是黑的。
 It was pitch dark (=completely dark) in the attic.
阁楼上漆黑一片。
2  colour 颜色COLOUR/COLOR quite close to black in colour 暗色的，深色的 OPP light, pale
 There were dark clouds in the sky.
天空中有乌云。
 men in dark suits
穿深色套装的男士
 a slightly darker colour
略深一点的颜色
dark blue/green/pink etc
 a dark blue dress
一件深蓝色的连衣裙
► see thesaurus at colour
3  hair/eyes/skin 头发/眼睛/皮肤HBH someone who is dark has hair, eyes, or skin that is brown or black in colour 〔头发、眼睛或皮肤〕褐色的，黑色的 OPP fair
 a tall, dark man
身材高大、皮肤黝黑的男人
 John’s dark skin and eyes
约翰的深色皮肤和褐色眼睛
4  mysterious 神秘的 mysterious or secret 神秘的；隐秘的
 a dark secret
隐藏的秘密
keep something dark British EnglishBrE (=keep something secret) 将某事保密
 Apparently, he has a son, but he’s kept that very dark.
据说他有个儿子，但他把这件事藏得很隐秘。
5  evil 邪恶的BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS evil or threatening 邪恶的；阴险的，恶毒的
 There was a darker side to his character.
他的性格里有阴暗的一面。
 a place where so many dark deeds had been committed
曾经罪恶横行的地方
 the dark forces of the universe
宇宙的邪恶力量
6  unhappy time 不快乐的时光UNHAPPY a dark time is unhappy or without hope 黑暗的；无望的
 the dark days of the war
那段黯淡的战争岁月
 Even in the darkest moments, I still had you, my love.
即使在最无望的时候我还有你，亲爱的。
7  feelings/thoughts 情感/思想SAD/UNHAPPY if you have dark feelings or thoughts, you are very sad or worried 忧愁的，忧郁的；担忧的
 a dark depression
阴沉的抑郁
 her darkest fears
她最深的恐惧
8  humour 幽默 dark humour deals with things that are bad or upsetting in a funny way 黑色的 SYN black
9. darkest Africa/South America etc NOT KNOW old-fashioned the parts of Africa etc about which we know very little – this use is now often considered offensive 非洲/南美等鲜为人知的地方〔这一用法现常被认为具冒犯性〕
 THESAURUS
dark if a place is dark, there is little or no light 昏暗的；黑暗的
The room was very dark.
房间里很黑。
nNo, you can’t play outside, it’s too dark.
It was a dark night with clouds covering the moon.
这是个漆黑的夜晚,云层遮住了月亮。
dimly-lit a dimly-lit building or place is fairly dark because the lights there are not very bright 〔建筑或场所〕灯光昏暗的
a dimly-lit restaurant
一间昏暗的餐厅
The church was dimly lit.
教堂里灯光昏暗。
dim a dim light is fairly dark 〔光线〕昏暗的，微弱的
The camera can take good pictures even in dim lighting.
这种相机即使在昏暗的光线下也能拍出优质照片。
The evening sky grew dim.
傍晚的天空暗了下来。
darkened a darkened room or building is darker than usual, especially because its lights have been turned off or the curtains have been drawn 〔房间或建筑尤因关上灯或拉上窗帘而〕变暗的
The prisoner lay in a darkened room.
犯人躺在暗下来的房间里。
nThe play starts with a darkened stage, and the sound of a woman singing softly.
gloomy a gloomy place or room is not at all bright or cheerful 〔场所或房间〕光线不好的,阴暗的
The bar was gloomy and smelled of stale cigar smoke.
酒吧里光线阴暗,有股污浊的雪茄味。
murky dark and difficult to see through – used especially about water 〔尤指水〕混浊的
the murky waters of the lake
混浊的湖水
nI could hardly see him in the murky light of the bar.
pitch-dark/pitch-black completely dark, so that nothing can be seen 漆黑的
It was pitch-dark inside the shed.
棚屋里漆黑一片。
shady a shady place is cooler and darker than the area around it, because the light of the sun cannot reach it 背阴的
It was nice and shady under the trees.
树下阴凉舒适。
They found a shady spot for a picnic.
他们找了一处阴凉的野餐地。
Examples from the Corpus
dark• Thick curtains covered the windows and the room was very dark.• No, you can't play outside, it's too dark.• Anyone who disobeyed him ran the risk of getting beaten up in a dark alley, or even killed.• The passageway to the cordoned-off Alsbach canal was wet and dark, and I was glad to have a flashlight.• Wings longer and narrower than Buzzard; tail longer, with similar dark band at tip.• She has beautiful dark brown eyes.• I shrank back into the darkest corner of the room, and prayed that the soldiers would not see me.• With her piercing sharp dark eyes, she presented a formidable impression.• His songs are dark, intelligent, and have a message for our time.• But the cracked panes reveal a dark Interior echoing with the cries of children.• ""What do you think of this blouse?'' ""It's a bit dark -- navy doesn't really suit you.''• It was a dark night and he was afraid they might get lost if they went across the fields.• The snow drifted down, muffling the sounds of the party, the fireworks spluttering, falling damply into the dark night.• Once again, you navigate dark passageways and hostile environments, killing everything that moves.• the dark side of his personality• dark streets• I looked at the guy: dark suit; about thirty-four; heavyset.• It was a tragedy she had never imagined in her darkest thoughts.• If you're going to have such dark walls I really think you should have a pale carpet.• So many dark windows where some one could be watching, and what if a car came along?
went dark• Her eyes burned, and the cell went dark. 3.• All the instruments, the mast head, bow, and stern lights went dark.• Eustis's chest caved, his eyes went dark.• The city streets were magic again, like they were when stoplights went dark after the quake.• Suddenly, the room went dark and somebody screamed.• Then the river went dark, except the little of it running red by their island in the torch light.• The brewery at St. James's Gate reverted to the Rainsfords and went dark for ten whole years.• Before it went dark he took Cousin Noreen on a tour of the garden.
dark blue/green/pink etc• Midway between sun and stagnant water he blazed in his glorious colors of putrefaction dark green, dark blue, black.• The lane between Somersby and Harrington is very harrow and, in summertime, shaded by dark green foliage.• Tiny dark green lily pads with purplish undersides.• The thatch of what remained of the subsided roof was streaked with the dark green of lichen.• In the valleys, you find a darker green of trees and the euphorbias that mimic our cactuses.• If the plant grows emersed, the leaves are dark green, stiff, leathery, sappy and very acutely branched.• He wore a dark blue suit, a white shirt, and a red knitted tie.
dark2 ●●● S3 W3 noun  
1  the dark DARKwhen there is no light, especially because the sun has gone down 黑暗，无光〔尤指夜晚〕
Examples from the Corpus
the dark• Why are you sitting there in the dark? Put the light on.• Children who are afraid of the dark need to be reassured.• Children are sometimes afraid of the dark.
2  after/before/until dark TMCafter, before, or until the sun goes down at night 天黑以后/天黑以前/直到天黑
Examples from the Corpus
after/before/until dark• I have often come out here alone after dark to breathe it in.• We had been too nervous to arrive after dark.• That evening I was all right - Joanna would be afloat in the late afternoon, and I could get away before dark.• Start in the morning and not go home until dark.• We worked from early morning until dark.• Badgers usually only venture out after dark, so they can be difficult to spot.• Not many people chose to take a ride on such a bumpy, gloomy road after dark in the month of January.• If McQuaid had a big order to fill he mightn't come till after dark.
3  in the dark informalNOT KNOW knowing nothing about something important, because you have not been told about it 全然不知
Examples from the Corpus
in the dark• He had to run back in the dark and make safe the Lewes bomb.• A snippet of tape showing scattered flames in the dark ran over and over.• Mavis crossed the footbridge cautiously, listening in the dark for the river below.• I make up all the words myself, just like when I lived in the dark.• She was as much in the dark as Privet herself, and perhaps the others were the same.• He wants to keep Portsmouth in the dark until the teams line-up for the kick-off.• How could anybody tell in the dark?
→ a shot in the dark at shot1(10)
Examples from the Corpus
dark• He had the impression that there wasn't much left of the still figure in the dark.• And she gets up in the night and sits by the telephone in the hall in the dark.• There's nowhere to hang in the dark.• Many more settlements, houses and trailers, side roads disappearing into the dark, than there were years ago.
Origin dark1
Old English deorc
dark1 adjectiveadj →THESAURUS1dark2 noun
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