dark

英 [dɑːk] 美 [dɑːrk]

• adj. 黑暗的；深色的
• n. 黑暗；暗处；深色调
• v. 使变黑；变黑

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 黑暗的

   with no or very little light

2. (颜色)深色的,暗色的

   (of colour) not reflecting much light; nearer black than white

3. (皮肤、毛发等)棕黑的

   (of the skin) not fair

4. 隐藏的,神秘的

   hidden, mysterious

5. 无希望的,悲伤的,无精打采的

   hopeless; sad; cheerless

6. (道德或智力上)未启蒙的,未发展的

   unenlightened (morally or intellectually)

7. 意义不明的,不易了解的,暧昧的

   not clear to the mind

n. (名词)

1. [U]傍晚,黄昏

   the time of day when there is no light

2. [S]黑暗; 无光

   absence of light

3. [U]愚昧; 无知

   ignorance; absence of knowledge

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 隐秘的
2. 黑暗的
3. 隐藏的
4. 阴暗的
5. 邪恶的
6. 忧郁的
7. 阴郁的
8. 深色的
9. 暗色的
10. 昏暗的
11. 近乎黑色的
12. 褐色的
13. 黝黑的
14. 乌黑的
15. 神秘的
16. 阴险的
17. 凶恶的
18. 不快的

n. 名词

1. 暗处
2. 暗色
3. 阴影
4. 黑暗
5. 无知
6. 傍晚
7. 隐晦
8. 天黑后/前
9. 黄昏后/前
10. 全然不知
11. 瞎猜
12. 盲动
13. 盲干
14. 愚昧
15. 隐秘
16. 暗黑
17. 夜
18. 浓（淡）
19. 黄昏
20. 模糊

v. 动词

1. 暗淡
2. 变黑
3. 使变黑

英英释义

Noun:

1. absence of light or illumination

2. absence of moral or spiritual values;

   "the powers of darkness"
   

3. an unilluminated area;

   "he moved off into the darkness"
   

4. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

5. an unenlightened state;

   "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
   "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
   

Adjective:

1. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black;

   "sitting in a dark corner"
   "a dark day"
   "dark shadows"
   "dark as the inside of a black cat"
   

2. (used of color) having a dark hue;

   "dark green"
   "dark glasses"
   "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
   

3. brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes);

   "dark eyes"
   

4. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable;

   "black deeds"
   "a black lie"
   "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"
   "Darth Vader of the dark side"
   "a dark purpose"
   "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"
   "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"
   

5. secret;

   "keep it dark"
   

6. showing a brooding ill humor;

   "a dark scowl"
   "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
   "a glum, hopeless shrug"
   "he sat in moody silence"
   "a morose and unsociable manner"
   "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"
   "a sour temper"
   "a sullen crowd"
   

7. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture;

   "this benighted country"
   "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
   "the dark ages"
   "a dark age in the history of education"
   

8. marked by difficulty of style or expression;

   "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"
   "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
   

9. causing dejection;

   "a blue day"
   "the dark days of the war"
   "a week of rainy depressing weather"
   "a disconsolate winter landscape"
   "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
   "a dark gloomy day"
   "grim rainy weather"
   

10. having skin rich in melanin pigments;

    "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
    "dark-skinned peoples"
    

11. not giving performances; closed;

    "the theater is dark on Mondays"
    

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It's a dark and moonless night.
   这是一个黑暗无月的夜晚。
2. The baby had dark eyes and dark curls.
   那婴孩长着深色的眼睛和深色的鬈发。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He ran against a lamp post in the dark.
   在黑暗中他撞上了一根电线杆。
2. Reading in the dark is bad for the eyes.
   在暗处阅读封眼睛有害。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. That was a dark, moonless night.
   那是一个黑暗的,无月光的夜晚。
2. The long dark night passed by.
   漫长的黑夜过去了。
3. The darkest hour is before the dawn.
   黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。
4. A dark cloud is a sign of rain.
   乌云是降雨的信号。
5. You seem in a dark temper.
   你似乎很不高兴。
6. There is some dark meaning in his words.
   他的话里有某种隐晦的含义。
7. The war was a dark period for us.
   这场战争对我们来说是个黑暗时期。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. It is dark.
   天黑了。
2. When I got up at five that cold morning, it was pitch dark.
   在那个寒冷的早晨我5点钟起身时,天一片漆黑。
3. It was not quite dark as yet.
   天还没有完全黑下来。
4. It was nearly dark when we came home.
   我们到家时天已快黑了。
5. It was getting dark when they arrived at the farm.
   他们到达农场时,天已渐渐黑下来了。
6. It's so dark here in the garden I think you'd better lead the way.
   花园里这么黑,我想你最好在前面带路。
7. Outside the forest, it was not so dark.
   森林外面没有那么阴暗。
8. The colour of this cloth is too dark.
   这布的颜色太深了。
9. The prospects look dark.
   前景看起来不佳。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. The building is dark with soot and smoke.
   烟尘使那幢建筑物变黑了。
2. It is as dark as pitch.
   天暗得漆黑一团。
3. He was always quite dark about that matter.
   他对那件事情总是缄口不言。
4. His face was dark with anger.
   他气得脸色发青。

S+be+～+to- v

1. The night is too dark for us to see.
   夜色太暗,我们看不见。
2. It's getting too dark to take photographs.
   天色渐晚,不能照相。

S+be+～+(that/)wh-clause

1. So dark are the shadows that a man standing there could not be seen.
   阴影很暗,人站在里面不会被看见。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The dark came very early.
   夜色很早就降临了。
2. You should turn the light on at dark.
   黄昏时你应开灯。
3. They work from dawn till dark.
   他们从天亮一直工作到天黑。
4. Some little children are afraid of the dark.
   有些小孩子怕黑暗。
5. I made out two dim shapes in the dark.
   黑暗中我隐约辨出两个模糊的影子。
6. The blind live in the dark.
   盲人在黑暗中生活。
7. They groped in the dark.
   他们在黑暗中摸索。
8. I hit my head against the door in the dark.
   我的头在黑暗中撞到门上去了。
9. I could see the beam of his flashlight waving around in the dark.
   我能够看见他的手电筒光在黑暗中四下晃动。
10. She struggled in the dark, without advice, without encouragement.
    她在黑暗中挣扎,无人指教,无人鼓励。
11. There is too much dark in this painting.
    这画颜色太暗。

经典引文

• The Darks of Hell.

  出自： Defoe

• I..stayed away till dark.

  出自： J. Rhys

• I couldn't see his face in the dark.

  出自： A. Lurie

• The alley was dark except for one patch of light.

  出自： O. Henry

• It was a dark night with no moon.

  出自： Scott Fitzgerald

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

dark horse

黑马(有本事而深藏不露的人) person who hides special personal qualities or abilities

keep dark

保守秘密 keep as a secret; conceal
keep sth dark
He kept his political activities dark.

他对他的政治活动保守秘密。
I'll keep it dark about it as possible.

对那件事我尽可能保密。
He keeps his plans dark.

他对他的计划秘而不宣。

用作名词 (n.)

a leap〔shot〕 in the dark

盲目冒险地干,回答等 action, answer, etc. that is risked in the hope that it is correct

before〔after〕 dark

在天黑以前〔以后〕before〔after〕 the sun goes down

in the dark

无知,不知 in a state of ignorance

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• dark complexion 棕黑的肤色
• dark corner of the room 房间黑暗的角落
• dark dress 深色的衣服
• dark night 一个黑暗的夜晚
• dark secret 十分秘密的事
• dark threat 隐伏的威胁
• dark box (照相机)暗箱
• dark chocolate 不含牛奶或含奶量极少的巧克力
• dark day 烟雾迷蒙的日子,处于逆境的时候
• dark eyes 黑眼睛
• dark hour 不吉之时,运气不佳之时
• dark light 不可见光
• dark moon 一个月之中地球上看不见月亮的时候
• dark sentence 不易解释之语
• the dark Ages 欧洲中世纪
• the dark continent 黑暗的大陆(殖民主义者对非洲的蔑称)

动词+～

• get dark 黑起来
• grow dark 黑起来
• keep (sth) dark 对…保守秘密
• look dark 看起来阴暗

副词+～

• abysmally dark 漆黑无底地,黑暗莫测地
• alarmingly dark 黑暗得使人惊恐地
• appreciably dark 黑暗得可以想象地
• blessedly dark 黑暗得使人安宁地,黑暗得该死地
• fearfully dark 极黑暗地,黑暗得可怕地
• fragrantly dark 黑暗得使人恬静
• frightfully dark 极黑暗地,黑暗得可怕地
• impenetrably dark 黑暗得莫测地,抽象黑色地
• intensely dark 黑暗得窒息地
• mysteriously dark 黑暗得神秘地,抽象黑色地
• nearly dark 快黑天了
• oppressively dark 黑暗得沉闷,暗色浓重地
• peacefully dark 宁静地黑暗,平和暗色地
• perilously dark 黑暗得危险地
• quite dark 完全黑下来
• suddenly dark 突然变黑地,意外地黑
• thickly dark 非常黑暗,浓黑色地
• totally dark 完全黑下来地,全黑色地
• uneasily dark 黑暗得令人不安,黑暗得令人忧郁
• unnaturally dark 违背人道地黑暗,反常地黑下来
• utterly dark 完全地黑下来,纯黑色地

～+介词

• dark with clouds 由于多云而很阴暗

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• abysmal dark 极无知,无底的黑暗
• creeping dark 渐渐降临的暮色,可怕的黑夜
• early dark 薄暮
• fierce dark 令人难受的死一般的黑夜,极无知
• fragrant dark 恬静的黑夜,芬芳的日暮
• frosty dark 寒冷的黑夜
• haunted dark 鬼魂作祟的黑夜,闹鬼的黑夜
• intricate dark 抽象的黑色
• impenetrable dark 打不破的黑暗,神秘的黑暗
• leafy dark 树叶茂盛而显得暗的
• lugubrious dark 阴郁的日暮,悲哀的无知
• peaceful dark 宁静的黑夜,祥和的暮色
• perilous dark 危险的黑夜,危险的无知
• shadowed dark 阴暗的暮色,朦胧的暮色
• shuddering dark 可怕的黑暗
• silent dark 寂静的黑夜,宁静的暮色
• too much dark 太暗

介词+～

• after dark 天黑以后
• at dark 黄昏时
• before dark 天黑以前
• be utterly in the dark about 对…全然不知
• in the dark 在黑暗中,秘密地
• keep in the dark 将事隐瞒不使人知道
• leap in the dark 鲁莽从事,不知道
• leave sb in the dark 不给某人知道
• whistle in the dark 给自己壮胆

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. dark的基本意思是“黑暗的”,指缺乏使人能够看见或识别自己面前物体的必要照明(自然的或人工的),可指缺乏表现愉快心情的光泽或缺少道德或精神上的光辉。dark有时还用来修饰颜色,指颜色不鲜明、不明亮。
2. dark在句中可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。
3. dark的比较级为darker,最高级为darkest。

n. (名词)

1. dark作名词时是不可数名词,表示“傍晚”时,其前不能加冠词。表示“黑暗,无光”时,通常其前加the,作为单数名词跟单数动词连用。
2. in the dark有两种意思,即“在黑暗中”“不知,蒙在鼓里”。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

dark, dim

• dark与dim都有“黑暗”的意思,其区别是：
• dark的意思是“黑暗的”,指黑暗无光,而dim的意思是“灰暗的”,表示由于光照不足所造成的昏暗状态,刚好达到看不清或分辨不清物体。修饰光线、灯光、阳光等只能用dim。例如:
• With only the fire burning, the room was dim.只有火炉在燃烧,房里光线很暗。
• He was reading a magazine under the dim light of a candle.他在微弱的烛光下看杂志。

n. (名词)

dark, darkness

• 这两个词都有“黑暗”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.dark多指经常的状况; darkness指一时的状况。例如:
• The old man enjoys sitting in the dark.这位老人喜欢坐在暗处。
• For a time, they kept silent, sitting in the darkness.他们一段时间坐在暗处,一言不发。
• 2.表示“傍晚”时,只能用dark,不能用darkness。例如:
• The city looks more beautiful at dark.傍晚时分,这个城市显得更加美丽。
• 3.in the dark表示“不知,蒙在鼓里”时,不能用darkness。

dark，dim，black，gloomy，obscure，vague，grey

• 这些形容词都含有“完全地或不完全地缺少光亮”之意。
• dark最普通用词，指缺乏自然光线或人工照明，使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。
• dim指光线不足或视力较差，不能清晰地看见物体。
• black侧重颜色是黑色的，有时也指无光的黑暗。
• gloomy指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。
• obscure指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清，失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。
• vague通常作借喻用，形容抽象事物。
• grey与dark意思相近，但侧重阴暗单调的意味。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的deorc，意为黑暗。

近反义词

【近义词】

• black
• cloudy
• darkling
• dim
• evil
• gloomy
• grim
• ignorant
• infamous
• joyless
• lightless
• obscure
• shadowy
• shady
• wicked

【反义词】

• bright
• cheerful
• happy
• light