| 词汇 | darkening |
| 释义 | darkening present participle ofdarken darken verb uk /ˈdɑː.kən/ us /ˈdɑːr.kən/ darkenverb (GET DARKER)[ I ] (of a place or the sky) to become dark: The sky darkened as thick smoke billowed from the blazing oil well. [ I ] to become dark or darker in colour: 变黑，变暗 The stains on the wall have darkened and expanded. [ T ] to make a place dark, for example by turning off lights: Close the blinds to darken the room, and leave her alone. [ T ] to make something become darker in colour: The sun had darkened his skin. In the distance I can see the mountains against the darkening sky. The audience's attention was drawn to the spotlit stage as the hall darkened. Following the storm, there were many communities almost totally darkened by power outages. Red onions are sweeter, but they darken the color of the risotto. Darkness & becoming dark blackness crepuscular darkened darkness dim dimly dimness dingily dingy dull inky pitch darkness pitchy plunge someone/something into darkness semi-darkness shade shaded silhouette silhouetted twilight You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: The qualities of colour darkenverb (GET WORSE OR MORE SERIOUS)[ I ] to become worse or more serious: The economic picture is darkening rapidly. [ T ] to make something become worse or more serious: This bad news darkened the mood. It was getting late, and maybe because he had to get up early for work in the morning, Mr. Lee's mood darkened. Soon the phrases used to describe him began to darken. Some economists have warned that falling house prices could darken the jobs picture. Municipal bonds, considered safe investments, sank last week, darkening the already grim mood in the markets. Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic fraught frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness not be all fun and gamesidiom noxiously objectionable objectionably odious unpleasantly unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Worse and worst Making people sad, shocked and upset Related worddarkened Idiomnot darken someone's door Examples of darkeningdarkening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Oocytes that had degenerated or those with degenerating signs as indicated by darkening cytoplasm were not included. There was even some evidence of a 'wave of darkening' spreading from the waning polar cap towards the equator. The west windows glow in the darkening space, which becomes magical once more. Responses of primate visual cortical neurons to stimuli presented by flash, saccade, blink and external darkening. Abdomen almost unicolorous, but darkening gradually towards the margins and posteriorly. The chromaticising of musical figures is a shading, tinging or darkening; the concept mixes sight and sound. The percentage of photoreceptors exhibiting such darkening was also determined for each animal from the same images. The tone is lonely and darkening but never blurred or opaque. These letters functioned as responses, and participants were instructed to give their responses to the 150 stimuli by darkening one of the five ovals, respectively. Responses of primate visual cortical neurons to stimuli presented by flash, saccade, blink, and external darkening. In large cages containing a few individuals a gradual darkening of the lighter areas occurred. Fichte accepts this, holding that moral error results from the 'darkening' of conscience. Duration discrimination of an interval signaled by brightening both at onset and offset is worse by factor of about 2 than when the onset is brightening and the offset darkening. Why does he not tell the world the good news about his area, instead of darkening its image in such a damaging way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When processed, the degree of darkening of the film, if any, indicates the level of radiation exposure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。