Darken
['dɑːk(ə)n] or ['dɑrkən]
解释:
(verb.) make dark or darker; 'darken a room'.
(verb.) become dark or darker; 'The sky darkened'.
(verb.) tarnish or stain; 'a scandal that darkened the family's good name'.
杰拉尔德编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
(a.) To render dim; to deprive of vision.
(a.) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
(a.) To cast a gloom upon.
(a.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
(v. i.) To grow or darker.
珍妮整理
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Obscure, cloud, dim, shade, shadow, make dark, make dim.
v. n. Grow dark.
编辑:威尔玛
例句:
- But it is likely that elaborate statements regarding this primary stage of knowledge will darken understanding. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- But I was not there to darken their way; I did not do that. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Even so does he darken her life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The face of the hostess darkened with some shadow of perplexity, as she replied: 'Gaffer has never been where you have been. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She knew that, in spite of his playfulness, his eyes could not change from their darkened vacancy, they were the eyes of a man who is dead. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- As the lid is closed, the picture becomes darkened, and by the gradual removal of the screen at the same time, it is changed into a transparency. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- He became deadly pale, and a dangerous flame darkened his eyes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The time went very slowly on, and Mr. Lorry's hope darkened, and his heart grew heavier again, and grew yet heavier and heavier every day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The spot on this occasion is the darkened brow of Mr. George; he is unusually thoughtful and depressed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I went through the dreary house, and darkened the windows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The room was darkening to his sight; the world was narrowing around him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Biddy cried; the darkening garden, and the lane, and the stars that were coming out, were blurred in my own sight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- While he stood observing the darkening scene somebody came up. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I trace these lines, self-distrustfully, with the shadows of after-events darkening the very paper I write on; and still I say, what could I do? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- With a darkening face my friend strode along the margin, eagerly observant of every muddy stain upon the mossy surface. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- At moments she was a Calvinist, and, sinking into the gulf of religious despair, she saw darkening over her the doom of reprobation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The mystery which darkens Sir Percival's life was not born with your daughter's birth, and has not died with your daughter's death. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It matters little why or wherefore I am affected, no power can avert the stroke, and the shadow of Fate's uplifted hand already darkens me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Faster than ever river ran towards the sea, it flashes, darkens, and rolls away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- When the plate has been in the developer for a few seconds, the silver coating gradually darkens, and slowly but surely the image printed by the sun's rays appears. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Well, I must go in now; and you too: it darkens. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Interposed between her and the fading light of day in the now quiet street, his shadow falls upon her, and he darkens all before her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
编辑:菲利普