dark
adj. 黑暗的; 深色的; 神秘的; 悲慘的; 憂鬱的; 邪惡的
n. 黑暗,暗處; 暗色
When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
When she awoke it was evening and already dark...
她醒來時已是晚上,天已經黑了。
It was too dark inside to see much...
裡面太暗,看不太清。
The dark is the lack of light in a place.
Her mother was sitting in the dark by the stove in her rocking chair...
她母親坐在爐邊暗處的搖椅裡。
I've always been afraid of the dark.
我一直很怕黑。
If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is black in colour, or a shade that is close to black.
He wore a dark suit and carried a black attaché case...
他身穿暗色西服,手提黑色公文包。
The heavy dark table is inlaid with lighter wood.
笨重的深色桌子上嵌有顏色較淺的木頭。
When you use dark to describe a colour, you are referring to a shade of that colour which is close to black, or seems to have some black in it.
She was wearing a dark blue dress.
她穿著一件深藍色的禮服。
If someone has dark hair, eyes, or skin, they have brown or black hair, eyes, or skin.
He had dark, curly hair...
他有一頭捲曲的黑髮。
Leo went on, his dark eyes wide with pity and concern.
利奧接著說下去,他的黑眼睛瞪得大大的,充滿憐憫和關切。
If you describe a white person as dark, you mean that they have brown or black hair, and often a brownish skin.
Carol is a tall, dark, Latin type of woman...
卡蘿爾身材高大,黑髮棕膚,是個有著拉丁風情的女子。
The driver was very dark. Maltese, maybe.
司機一頭烏髮、膚色黝黑,可能是個馬耳他人。
A dark period of time is unpleasant or frightening.
Once again there's talk of very dark days ahead...
又有傳言說以後的日子會非常艱難。
This was the darkest period of the war.
這是那次戰爭中最黑暗的時期。
A dark place or area is mysterious and not fully known about.
The spacecraft is set to throw new light on to a dark corner of the solar system.
這艘宇宙飛船可能會讓人們對太陽系中的一個神秘角落有更新的認識。
...the dark recesses of the mind.
隱秘的思想深處
Dark thoughts are sad, and show that you are expecting something unpleasant to happen.
Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
特洛伊的喋喋不休讓我暫時收起了陰鬱思緒。
Dark looks or remarks make you think that the person giving them wants to harm you or that something horrible is going to happen.
Garin shot him a dark glance, as if in warning.
加林惡狠狠地瞪了他一眼,似乎是在警告。
...dark threats.
惡毒的威脅
If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is related to things that are serious or unpleasant, rather than light-hearted.
Their dark humor never failed to astound him...
他們的黑色幽默總能讓他咋舌。
Nina took a kind of dark pleasure in being the focus of the tension between her father and her brother.
對成了父親和哥哥緊張關係的焦點,尼娜有點幸災樂禍。
If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun.
They avoid going out alone after dark.
他們避免在天黑以後獨自外出。
If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
They'll be back well before dark.
他們會在天黑前早早返回。
If you are in the dark about something, you do not know anything about it.
The investigators admit that they are completely in the dark about the killing...
調查人員承認他們對這起謀殺一無所知。
I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this...
我設法對父母瞞下了此事。
If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful.
Every single one of those inspired guesses had been shots in the dark.
所有那些憑直覺的猜測都是無根據的瞎猜。
1. absence of light or illumination
2. absence of moral or spiritual values;
3. an unilluminated area;
4. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
5. an unenlightened state;
1. devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored;
2. (used of color) having a dark hue;
3. brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes);
4. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable;
5. causing dejection;
6. secret;
7. showing a brooding ill humor;
8. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture;
9. marked by difficulty of style or expression;
10. having skin rich in melanin pigments;
11. not giving performances; closed;
dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey
這些形容詞都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。
the darkest hour is just before the dawn
(諺)黎明前最黑暗
keep something dark
保密
a shot (或 stab) in the dark
瞎碰;臆測
in the dark
秘密地
一無所知地;未通知地
He stumbled blindly on through the dark building.
他摸索著跌跌撞撞地穿過漆黑的建築物.
The moon was covered by the dark clouds.
月亮被烏雲遮蔽了.
If you speed up your work, we can finish before it is dark.
要是你加緊, 我們可以在天黑前結束工作.
We ought to be heading back if we want to reach home before dark.
如果我們想天黑前到家,現在該往回走了.
A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.
他內心生出一陣惡毒的嫉妒.