单词 | benight |
释义 | benighttransitive verb be·night bi-ˈnīt, bē- -ed/-ing/-s 1 : to overtake by darkness or night especially before the end of a journey —usually used in the passive there was no fear of our being benighted, for in Norway at this season it never gets dark Frances Pitt 2 : to envelop in intellectual, moral, or social darkness what men … call religion now benighting half the earth John Wilson †1854 —usually used in the passive 3 : to make dark especially by depriving of light : obscure the cliffs were so high that the bay itself was already benighted Clemence Dane |
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