| 单词 | blacken |
| 释义 | blacken (blækən ) Word forms: blackens , blackening , blackened 1. verb To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour. They spent hours blackening the grate and polishing the fire-irons. [VERB noun] You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins blacken. [VERB] 2. verb If someone blackens your character, they make other people believe that you are a bad person. He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character. [VERB noun] They're trying to blacken our name. [VERB noun] Synonyms: discredit, stain, disgrace, smear Collocations: blacken the sky A miracle: an everyday happening out here: and then a second bird flew over the boat, again blackening the sky. Times, Sunday Times So many, they blacken the skies. Times, Sunday Times The surrounding countryside was littered with waste, and smoke from the furnaces and machinery blackened the sky. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 使变黑 Japanese: 黒くする/黒くなる |
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