Dim
[dɪm]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make dim or lusterless; 'Time had dimmed the silver'.
(verb.) become dim or lusterless; 'the lights dimmed and the curtain rose'.
(verb.) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.
(adj.) lacking in light; not bright or harsh; 'a dim light beside the bed'; 'subdued lights and soft music' .
(adj.) lacking clarity or distinctness; 'a dim figure in the distance'; 'only a faint recollection'; 'shadowy figures in the gloom'; 'saw a vague outline of a building through the fog'; 'a few wispy memories of childhood' .
錄入:莫拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
(superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
(v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
(v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
(v. i.) To grow dim.
迪莉娅編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Dusky, dark, obscure, shadowy, cloudy, not luminous.[2]. Dull, obtuse, slow to see.[3]. Darkened, obscured, clouded, faint, confused, shorn of its beams.
v. a. Darken, obscure, cloud.
坎迪編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See JUST_and_HONEST]
达拉整理
解釋/意思:
adj. not bright or distinct: obscure: mysterious: not seeing clearly.—v.t. to make dark: to obscure.—v.i. to become dim:—pr.p. dim′ming; pa.p. dimmed.—adv. Dim′ly.—adj. Dim′mish somewhat dim.—n. Dim′ness.
手打:默文
例句/造句/用法:
- The light was dull; the distance was dim. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In the chill air, in the dim light, in the gloomy morning silence of the house, we three sat down together, and tried to eat, tried to talk. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A century has not dimmed Fulton’s fame, nor set aside his claim to be the practical inventor of the steamboat. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- As dawn approached, the setting stars and breaking day dimmed the creation of fancy; the wakened song of birds hushed her whispers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The ocean every moment assumed a more terrific aspect, while the twilight was dimmed by the rack which the west wind spread over the sky. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- His mother could not see him for awhile, through the mist that dimmed her eyes. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And is justice dimmer in the individual, and is her form different, or is she the same which we found her to be in the State? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- So did the old man, otherwise still unchanged in attitude; so, probably, did the old woman in her dimmer part of the room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Dusk was beginning to reign; her parlour fire already glowed with twilight ruddiness; but I thought she wished the room dimmer, the hour later. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Yes, and more than that, this process of engraving is dimming to the eyes. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The dusk was just dimming the hollows of crowded houses. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He approached, with dimmest curiosity. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Bearing these gifts, they raised the latch of Betty Higden's door, and saw her sitting in the dimmest and furthest corner with poor Johnny in her lap. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In this no fatal blindness dims thine eyes. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
整理:怀亚特