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darkness

美['dɑrknəs]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词night gloom shade

反义词

n. 黑暗；模糊；无知；阴郁

中高频词

英英释意

1. absence of light or illumination

2. an unilluminated area;: "he moved off into the darkness"

3. absence of moral or spiritual values;: "the powers of darkness"

4. an unenlightened state;: "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

5. having a dark or somber color

6. a swarthy complexion

英文词源

darkness (n.): Old English deorcnysse, from dark + -ness. Figurative use is recorded from mid-14c. The 10c. Anglo-Saxon treatise on astronomy uses þeostrum for "darkness."

考试真题

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable " suborbital " flights — brief ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness.

Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare, to our internal clockwork, as light itself.

I settled down in the darkness, and the curtains opened.

If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars,we would go in darkness happily,the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet.

Like most other creatures, we do need darkness.

When berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness, they couldn't tell how much they'd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else, but were none the wiser—they didn't feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.

Nicholas Nickleby, his next novel, combines the darkness of Oliver Twist with the sunlight of Pickwick.

实用场景例句

It depends on the darkness of your skin.: 这取决于你肤色的深浅。

the forces of darkness: 邪恶势力

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。

The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night) .: 夕阳西下，夜幕降临。

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。

Working rapidly in the darkness, he soon changed into the man's clothes.: 他在黑暗中动作迅速, 很快换上了死者的衣服

It was more difficult to make our way up the mountain in pitch darkness.: 昏天黑地的,山路更不好走.

Darkness closed down on the city.: 黑夜降临于该城.

Twilight merged into darkness.: 夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中.

Fires beaconed the darkness.: 火光驱散了黑暗.

Darkness descended too soon.: 夜色过早降临.

Darkness was falling fast.: 天很快黑了下来.

I saw the sudden flare of a flashlight in the darkness.: 我看到手电筒在黑暗中突然闪出的亮光.

A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.: 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了, 使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中.

The car's headlights pierced the gloom of darkness.: 汽车的前灯刺破了阴森森的黑夜.

I saw a figure approaching in the darkness.: 我看见黑暗中有个人影走过来.

In inky darkness, the men made a forced march of 140 li.: 在漆黑的夜晚, 战士们强行走了140里.

Francisco was staring ahead into the darkness.: 弗朗西斯科凝视着漆黑的前方.

Preserve us from the powers of darkness.: 保佑我们不受魔鬼的侵害.

A figure appeared out of the darkness.: 黑暗中冒出一个人影来.

Lights flash up in the darkness.: 灯光在黑暗中闪耀.

Darkness is the absence of light.: 黑暗就是缺乏光亮.

He ran against a wall in the darkness.: 黑暗中他撞在一堵墙上.