释义 |
murkmurk /mɜːk $ mɜːrk/ noun [uncountable] literary murkOrigin: Old English mirce - As divers tried to work in the mud and murk, relatives of the victims gathered near the crash site.
- One afternoon I saw the huge grey mass of a supertanker steering towards us, some three miles distant in the murk.
- Out of the murk appeared a large squadron of warships.
- Piper O'Rourke stepped out of the murk behind them, wearing a concerned expression.
- She turned on her heel and vanished into the murk.
- Susan could see a gaslamp vaguely in the murk, and hear the clip of hooves on cobblestones.
- The headlights cut into the growing murk.
- Yet the murk looked no thicker.
darkness caused by smoke, dirt, or clouds SYN gloom |