Definition of Dark Ages in English:

Dark Ages

proper noun

1The period in western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the high Middle Ages, c.500–1100 AD, during which Germanic tribes swept through Europe and North Africa, often attacking and destroying towns and settlements. It was judged to have been a time of relative unenlightenment, though scholarship was kept alive in the monasteries and learning was encouraged at the courts of Charlemagne and Alfred the Great.
1. 1.1 A period of supposed unenlightenment.
  a throwback to the dark ages of computing
  Example sentencesExamples
  That would take us back to the dark ages, to the period prior to the Magna Carta.
  Australian Felix Noblis takes his audience back to the dark ages for his translation of the 8th century heroic poem which charts the battles of Beowulf, a Norse warrior.
  The Venetian-Norman alliance, in the new dark ages of the 14th Century, created the opening in which the 15th Century Renaissance occurred.
  The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the dark ages of Armenia.
  Europe's dark ages started about AD 450 and continued for three centuries.
2. 1.2derogatory, humorous An obscure or little-regarded period in the past, especially as characterizing an outdated attitude or practice.
  the judge is living in the dark ages
  Example sentencesExamples
  Surely we have progressed as a society enough to have this prehistoric form of punishment banished to the dark ages.
  Offering business ‘service training’ for their customer contact personal so that they can offer service rather than the take or leave it attitude that is a hangover from the dark ages.
  He brought Italy out of the dark ages when TV advertising had to be camouflaged in coy little sketches to be shown to children before bedtime.
  It's depressing in the extreme that this dark ages attitude is still alive and well in 2001.
  When will we wake up one day and say to ourselves that thank God we have gone past the dark ages?
2Archaeology
A period in Greece and the Aegean from the end of the Bronze Age until the beginning of the historical period. There was no building of palaces and fortresses, and the art of writing was apparently lost.

Definition of Dark Ages in US English:

Dark Ages

proper nounˈdärk ˈˌājiz

1The period in western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the high Middle Ages, c.AD 500–1100, during which Germanic tribes swept through Europe and North Africa, often attacking and destroying towns and settlements.
1. 1.1 A period of supposed unenlightenment.
  a throwback to the dark ages of computing
  Example sentencesExamples
  Europe's dark ages started about AD 450 and continued for three centuries.
  That would take us back to the dark ages, to the period prior to the Magna Carta.
  The Venetian-Norman alliance, in the new dark ages of the 14th Century, created the opening in which the 15th Century Renaissance occurred.
  Australian Felix Noblis takes his audience back to the dark ages for his translation of the 8th century heroic poem which charts the battles of Beowulf, a Norse warrior.
  The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the dark ages of Armenia.
2. 1.2the dark ageshumorous, derogatory An obscure or little-regarded period in the past, especially as characterizing an outdated attitude or practice.
  the judge is living in the dark ages
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's depressing in the extreme that this dark ages attitude is still alive and well in 2001.
  When will we wake up one day and say to ourselves that thank God we have gone past the dark ages?
  Surely we have progressed as a society enough to have this prehistoric form of punishment banished to the dark ages.
  Offering business ‘service training’ for their customer contact personal so that they can offer service rather than the take or leave it attitude that is a hangover from the dark ages.
  He brought Italy out of the dark ages when TV advertising had to be camouflaged in coy little sketches to be shown to children before bedtime.
2Archaeology
A period in Greece and the Aegean from the end of the Bronze Age until the beginning of the archaic period. There was no building of palaces and fortresses, and the art of writing was apparently lost.

单词	Dark Ages
释义	Definition of Dark Ages in English: Dark Ages proper noun 1The period in western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the high Middle Ages, c.500–1100 AD, during which Germanic tribes swept through Europe and North Africa, often attacking and destroying towns and settlements. It was judged to have been a time of relative unenlightenment, though scholarship was kept alive in the monasteries and learning was encouraged at the courts of Charlemagne and Alfred the Great. 1.1 A period of supposed unenlightenment. a throwback to the dark ages of computing Example sentencesExamples That would take us back to the dark ages, to the period prior to the Magna Carta. Australian Felix Noblis takes his audience back to the dark ages for his translation of the 8th century heroic poem which charts the battles of Beowulf, a Norse warrior. The Venetian-Norman alliance, in the new dark ages of the 14th Century, created the opening in which the 15th Century Renaissance occurred. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the dark ages of Armenia. Europe's dark ages started about AD 450 and continued for three centuries. 1.2derogatory, humorous An obscure or little-regarded period in the past, especially as characterizing an outdated attitude or practice. the judge is living in the dark ages Example sentencesExamples Surely we have progressed as a society enough to have this prehistoric form of punishment banished to the dark ages. Offering business ‘service training’ for their customer contact personal so that they can offer service rather than the take or leave it attitude that is a hangover from the dark ages. He brought Italy out of the dark ages when TV advertising had to be camouflaged in coy little sketches to be shown to children before bedtime. It's depressing in the extreme that this dark ages attitude is still alive and well in 2001. When will we wake up one day and say to ourselves that thank God we have gone past the dark ages? 2Archaeology A period in Greece and the Aegean from the end of the Bronze Age until the beginning of the historical period. There was no building of palaces and fortresses, and the art of writing was apparently lost. Definition of Dark Ages in US English: Dark Ages proper nounˈdärk ˈˌājiz 1The period in western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the high Middle Ages, c.AD 500–1100, during which Germanic tribes swept through Europe and North Africa, often attacking and destroying towns and settlements. 1.1 A period of supposed unenlightenment. a throwback to the dark ages of computing Example sentencesExamples Europe's dark ages started about AD 450 and continued for three centuries. That would take us back to the dark ages, to the period prior to the Magna Carta. The Venetian-Norman alliance, in the new dark ages of the 14th Century, created the opening in which the 15th Century Renaissance occurred. Australian Felix Noblis takes his audience back to the dark ages for his translation of the 8th century heroic poem which charts the battles of Beowulf, a Norse warrior. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the dark ages of Armenia. 1.2the dark ageshumorous, derogatory An obscure or little-regarded period in the past, especially as characterizing an outdated attitude or practice. the judge is living in the dark ages Example sentencesExamples It's depressing in the extreme that this dark ages attitude is still alive and well in 2001. When will we wake up one day and say to ourselves that thank God we have gone past the dark ages? Surely we have progressed as a society enough to have this prehistoric form of punishment banished to the dark ages. Offering business ‘service training’ for their customer contact personal so that they can offer service rather than the take or leave it attitude that is a hangover from the dark ages. He brought Italy out of the dark ages when TV advertising had to be camouflaged in coy little sketches to be shown to children before bedtime. 2Archaeology A period in Greece and the Aegean from the end of the Bronze Age until the beginning of the archaic period. There was no building of palaces and fortresses, and the art of writing was apparently lost.
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