| 释义 |
darkener|ˈdɑːk(ə)nə(r)|
[-er.]
One who or that which darkens.
1611Cotgr., Noircisseur, a blacker..darkener, obscurer. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 5 A great darkener and blemisher of the..beauty of the mind. 1776G. Campbell Philos. Rhet. (1800) I. i. ii. 47 A sophister or darkener of the understanding. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt III. xxxvii. 48 That feminine darkener of counsel. |