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词汇 pitch-dark
释义 pitch dark
adjective
(alsopitch-dark)uk /ˌpɪtʃ ˈdɑːk/ us /ˌpɪtʃ ˈdɑːrk/
C2
If it is pitch dark, there is no light at all: 漆黑的
It was pitch dark in the attic.
He moved slowly and cautiously across the pitch-dark room until his knees touched the bed.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

with little or no light
darkShe peered down the dark hallway.
darkenedWe arrived late and had to make our way to our seats in a darkened theatre.
dimHe sat in a dim corner of the waiting room.
shadowyI was afraid to walk down the dim, shadowy corridor.
pitch blackIt was pitch black on our street after the power outage.
The building was pitch dark because of a power cut.
It soon got pitch dark and we could see nothing.
The men were driven to a pitch-dark garage where an electricity generator roared.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Darkness & becoming dark
blackness
crepuscular
darkened
darkness
dim
dimly
dimness
dingily
dingy
inky
pitch darkness
pitchy
plunge someone/something into darkness
semi-darkness
shade
shaded
shadow
silhouette
silhouetted
twilight

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Black, white & grey

Synonym


pitch black

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pitch darkness
pitch dark
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌpɪtʃ ˈdɑːk/ us /ˌpɪtʃ ˈdɑːrk/
total darkness, with no light at all:
He walked into a tree in the pitch dark and injured his head.
That night, in near pitch-dark, he made his way to her front door.
Synonyms
pitch black
pitch darkness
They turned off all the lights, leaving everyone in the pitch dark.
The lights faded slowly to pitch dark.
The scariest ride throws you backwards in pitch dark.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Darkness & becoming dark
blackness
crepuscular
darkened
darkness
dim
dimly
dimness
dingily
dingy
inky
pitch darkness
pitchy
plunge someone/something into darkness
semi-darkness
shade
shaded
shadow
silhouette
silhouetted
twilight

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Black, white & grey

pitch-dark | American Dictionary


pitch-dark
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈpɪtʃ ˈdɑrk/
completely dark:
In winter it was already pitch-dark by 5.

Examples of pitch dark


pitch dark
He was driving a wagon at midnight, on a pitch-dark night, along a road behind the lines.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Tunnels may be well lit or pitch-dark, and the same tunnel may have sections of both.
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Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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