单词 | darkle |
释义 | darklev. Chiefly literary and poetic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > go into hiding > hidden by darkness darka1375 darkenc1475 darkle1565 tenebrizea1657 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse sig. OO.iii Their metings were in the nyght tyme, where to be darkeling it was vncomfortable. 1717 T. Tickell Epist. from Lady in Eng. 7 The tuneful Sisters still pursue their Trade, Like Philomena darkling in the Shade. 1788 World 30 May Alone he darkled to th'immortal End; In modest hope of Glory's coming Day. a1863 W. M. Thackeray Denis Duval viii, in Cornhill Mag. (1864) June 649 I remember half-a-dozen men darkling in an alley. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > of face: grow dark with anger darkle1800 1800 T. Moore tr. V. Gambara in tr. Anacreon Odes 74 (note) Now with angry scorn you darkle, Now with tender anguish sparkle. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxviii. 261 His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. 1886 Illustr. London News Summer No. 19/2 Peltzer darkling at him with a wicked grin. 1921 J. B. Hendryx Connie Morgan in Fur Country vi. 105 ‘Ah, that René!’ exclaimed the woman, her face darkling with passion. 3. intransitive. To appear dimly or indistinctly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > show itself darkly darkle1819 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xlix. 143 The night was shown, And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxvii. 332 The..Founder's Tomb..darkles and shines with the most wonderful shadows and lights. 1885 Cent. Mag. Aug. 539/2 The..fountain..whose statues and bas-reliefs darkled above and around a silent pool. 1996 R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky tr. N. V. Gogol Dead Souls (1997) i. 20 Partway up the slope, gray log cottages darkled to right and left. 4. intransitive. To grow dark or gloomy. Occasionally transitive: to make dark or gloomy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] a-thesterc885 thestera900 swerkOE darken?a1300 dima1300 therkc1300 murkc1330 darka1393 mirkena1400 formirkenc1430 obscure?a1513 cloud1598 darkle1823 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI ci. 51 Her cheek began to flush, her eyes to sparkle, And her proud brow's blue veins to swell and darkle. 1858 Mississippian 5 Jan. Days whose skies with war were darkled. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 330 Cold and grey, And darkling fast, the waste before her lay. 1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 7 The dull sky darkles, threatening earth above. 1995 J. E. Falen tr. A. Pushkin Eugene Onegin (1998) 163 'Twas evening and the heavens darkled. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure duskc1374 to-darkena1382 murkc1425 obscure?a1475 obfusk1490 dusken1550 dusky1567 overdark1568 obtenebrate1578 beveil1582 obfuscate1588 offusque1599 shade1599 slubber1605 dammer1610 offuscate1611 obtenebrize1654 obflisticate1832 subdue1856 darkle1893 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > obscure dark?c1400 darken1526 obscure1532 obnebulatec1540 to blur over1581 adumbrate1598 blind1652 mystify1827 darkle1893 1893 National Observer 25 Feb. 370/2 The dramatist..whose province it is to darkle and obscure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < v.1565 |
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