blacken

black·en

B0297500 (blăk′ən)v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr.1. To make black.2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name.3. To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.v.intr. To become dark or black: The day blackened into night.

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black′en·er n.

blacken

(ˈblækən) vb1. to make or become black or dirty2. (tr) to defame; slander (esp in the phrase blacken someone's name)

black•en

(ˈblæk ən)
v.t. 1. to make black; darken. 2. to defame; slander. v.i. 3. to become black. [1250–1300] black′en•er, n.

blacken

Past participle: blackened
Gerund: blackening

Imperative
blacken
blacken

Present
I blacken
you blacken
he/she/it blackens
we blacken
you blacken
they blacken

Preterite
I blackened
you blackened
he/she/it blackened
we blackened
you blackened
they blackened

Present Continuous
I am blackening
you are blackening
he/she/it is blackening
we are blackening
you are blackening
they are blackening

Present Perfect
I have blackened
you have blackened
he/she/it has blackened
we have blackened
you have blackened
they have blackened

Past Continuous
I was blackening
you were blackening
he/she/it was blackening
we were blackening
you were blackening
they were blackening

Past Perfect
I had blackened
you had blackened
he/she/it had blackened
we had blackened
you had blackened
they had blackened

Future
I will blacken
you will blacken
he/she/it will blacken
we will blacken
you will blacken
they will blacken

Future Perfect
I will have blackened
you will have blackened
he/she/it will have blackened
we will have blackened
you will have blackened
they will have blackened

Future Continuous
I will be blackening
you will be blackening
he/she/it will be blackening
we will be blackening
you will be blackening
they will be blackening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blackening
you have been blackening
he/she/it has been blackening
we have been blackening
you have been blackening
they have been blackening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blackening
you will have been blackening
he/she/it will have been blackening
we will have been blackening
you will have been blackening
they will have been blackening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blackening
you had been blackening
he/she/it had been blackening
we had been blackening
you had been blackening
they had been blackening

Conditional
I would blacken
you would blacken
he/she/it would blacken
we would blacken
you would blacken
they would blacken

Past Conditional
I would have blackened
you would have blackened
he/she/it would have blackened
we would have blackened
you would have blackened
they would have blackened

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	blacken - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"black, nigrify, melanise, melanizediscolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
	2.	blacken - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"char, sear, scorchcookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"singe, swinge - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"

blacken

verb1. darken, dim, deepen, grow black, grow dim He watched the blackening clouds move in.2. make dark, shadow, shade, obscure, overshadow, make darker, make dim The smoke blackened the sky like the apocalypse.3. discredit, stain, disgrace, smear, knock (informal), degrade, rubbish (informal), taint, tarnish, censure, slur, slag (off) (slang), malign, reproach, denigrate, disparage, decry, vilify, slander, sully, dishonour, defile, defame, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), traduce, bring into disrepute, smirch, calumniate They're trying to blacken our name.

blacken

verb1. To make dirty:befoul, begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully.2. To contaminate the reputation of:befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish.Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.

Translations

使变黑把…弄黑用黑鞋油刷亮诋毁

black

(blӕk) adjective1. of the colour in which these words are printed. black paint. 黑色的 黑色的2. without light. a black night; The night was black and starless. 黑暗的 黑暗的3. dirty. Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal. 髒污的 弄脏的4. without milk. black coffee. 不加奶的 不加奶的5. evil. black magic. 邪惡的 邪恶的6. (often offensive. currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent. (貶意)黑人的 （贬意）黑人的 7. (especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves). (尤在南非)有色的(人種) （尤在南非）有色的（人种） noun1. the colour in which these words are printed. Black and white are opposites. 黑色 黑色2. something (eg paint) black in colour. I've used up all the black. 黑顏料 黑颜料3. (often with capital. often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent. 黑人 黑人 verb to make black. 使變黑 变黑ˈblackness noun 黑色 黑色，黑暗 ˈblacken verb1. to make or become black. The sky blackened before the storm. 使...變黑，變黑 使变黑，把…弄黑 2. to make to seem bad. She blackened his character. 誹謗 诋毁3. to clean with black polish. He blackened his boots. 用黑鞋油刷亮(鞋靴) 用黑鞋油刷亮（鞋靴） black art/magic magic performed for evil reasons. He tries to practise black magic. 妖術 妖术ˈblackbird noun a dark-coloured bird of the thrush family. (英)畫眉，(美)燕八哥 画眉，燕八哥 ˈblackboard noun a dark-coloured board for writing on in chalk (used especially in schools). 黑板 黑板black box a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight. They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane. 黑盒子，飛行記錄器 黑匣子（装配在飞机上的电子自动记录仪器） the Black Death noun the plague that killed large numbers of people in Europe in the 14th to 18th centuries. 黑死病 黑死病black eye an eye with bad bruising around it (eg from a punch). George gave me a black eye. 鼻青眼腫 发青的眼圈ˈblackhead noun a small black-topped lump in a pore of the skin, especially of the face. 黑頭粉刺 黑头粉刺ˈblacklist noun a list of people who are out of favour etc. 黑名單 黑名单 verb to put (a person etc) on such a list. 將(某人等)列入黑名單 把 ... 列入黑名单ˈblackmail verb to obtain money illegally from (a person), usually by threatening to make known something which the victim wants to keep secret. 向...勒索 勒索 noun the act of blackmailing. money got by blackmail. 敲詐 勒索，敲诈 ˈblackmailer noun 勒索者 勒索者，敲诈者 Black Maria (məˈraiə) a prison van. The policeman took the three suspects to the police station in a Black Maria. 囚車 囚车black market (a place for) the illegal buying and selling, at high prices, of goods that are scarce, rationed etc. coffee on the black market. 黑市 黑市black marketeer a person who sells goods on the black market. 黑市商人 黑市商人ˈblackout noun1. a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights. Accidents increase during a blackout. 停電 停电，断电 2. a ban (on news etc). a blackout of news about the coup. 封鎖(新聞等) （新闻的）封锁 3. a period of unconsciousness. He has had several blackouts during his illness. 暫時失去知覺 暂时的意识丧失4. a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines. 暫時失去記憶 暂时失去记忆5. (also outage) a period of a general power failure. 停電期間 停电期间6. (in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc. (劇院)劇終熄燈 （剧院）剧终熄灯 black sheep a member of a family or group who is unsatisfactory in some way. My brother is the black sheep of the family. 敗家子 害群之马，败家子 ˈblacksmith noun a person who makes and repairs by hand things made of iron. The blacksmith made a new shoe for the horse. 鐵匠 铁匠black and blue badly bruised. After the fight the boy was all black and blue. (被打的)遍體鱗傷，青一塊紫一塊 （被打的）遍体鳞伤，青一快紫一块 black out to lose consciousness. He blacked out for almost a minute. 失去知覺 失去知觉in black and white in writing or print. Would you put that down in black and white? 寫出，印出 写出，印出