| 单词 | darken |
| 释义 | darken (dɑːʳkən ) Word forms: darkens , darkening , darkened 1. verb B2 If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker. The sky darkened abruptly. [VERB] She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes. [VERB noun] 2. verb If someone's mood darkens or if something darkens their mood, they suddenly become rather unhappy. [literary] My sunny mood suddenly darkened. [VERB] Nothing was going to darken his mood today. [VERB noun] Synonyms: sadden, upset, cloud, blacken 3. verb If someone's face darkens, they suddenly look angry. [literary] Rawley's face darkened again. [VERB] Collocations: darkened room Not unless the darkened room has a mystery brunette in it. The Sun (2014) He struck out across the darkened room, stepping clear of the grey body of the fainted maid. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY Slowly and gently he removed his hand and slipped from the bed, padding from the darkened room into the kitchen. A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2002) Sometimes just being in a darkened room with your telephone switched off is a tonic. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Sufferers from migraine in the lower leagues tend to want to lie in a darkened room. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Only the darkening sky remains. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The great brown mass darkened the sky above me. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003) There is a murmuring of applause and the players leave the field to the sound of nightingale song from the darkening sky. Fats, Nutrition and Health (1991) Abrigant, likewise, stayed at the apiary 's edge, his face darkened by a perpetual scowl. LORD PRESTIMION (2001) As usual when he was nervous, his stomach began to rumble cavernously, and his face darkened with embarrassment. STAGE FRIGHT (2002) Gitalis, dressed in black, face darkened with greasepaint from his stage makeup box, waited until the town was sleeping. PAINT THE WIND (1990) And as my mood darkens, so do my encounters. Times, Sunday Times The study confirmed a commonly held belief that the population's mood darkens during weekdays when most are at work before improving at weekends. Times, Sunday Times Soon, his mood darkens, his patience wearing thin. Times, Sunday Times Ask the wrong question and his mood darkens, his familiar rasping tone turns to sandpaper and folksy retorts become withering put-downs. Times, Sunday Times However, as the gap between players and fans broadens so the mood darkens. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 变暗 Japanese: 暗くする/暗くなる |
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