英语词汇“dusky”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dusky

/ˈdʌski

adjective (duskier, duskiest)

1Darkish in colour: dusky red a dusky complexion...

It is similar to the outdoors Red Hot Poker but its colour, a dusky pink, is much less aggressive.
We are standing in a spacious kitchen painted a dusky pink colour that, were it a lipstick or nail varnish, would be called Plum Beautiful or Berry Sorbet.
This room is decorated in dusky pink colour with another sash window.

1.1 dated Used in euphemistic or poetic reference to black or other dark-skinned people: a dusky Moorish maiden...

One of my English correspondents has recently spent a couple of months in Indonesia and mentioned with approval the dusky maidens there.
I wandered about tripping over palm roots and bumping into dusky maidens in my fit of jet-lag and bliss, before falling asleep among the other bodies and bright cushions.
As a small crowd gathered to watch the dusky maiden play a few hands of blackjack, I asked one of the crowd whether she was a film-star or a Kiwi pop musician.

1.2 literary Dim: dusky light came from a small window...

Back then, the question of water quality in the Huangpu or Suzhou Creek was not an issue and one can imagine tourists bathing in the dusky light on a summer evening before returning to the Astor for an evening meal, drinks and a dance.
The sun dips around 1am, there's a dusky twilight and then light again at 3am.
It was just getting dark as we walked along the riverside to the Taj and the dusky light falling over the Ouse added to the romance of the outing.

Synonyms

shadowy, dark, darkish, dim, gloomy, murky, shady, cloudy, misty, hazy, foggy;

unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, sunless, moonless

literary crepuscular, tenebrous

rare Stygian, Cimmerian, Tartarean, caliginous

1.3 [attributive] Used in names of animals with dark coloration, e.g. dusky dolphin, dusky warbler.An analysis of extrapair paternity in the dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, revealed that females choose copulation partners on the basis of the quality but not of the quantity of song....

Researchers have identified what could be signature whistles in other dolphin species, including spotted, white-sided, and dusky dolphins.
To be surrounded by dozens of squawking, hissing sea birds with 10 ft wingspans was one thing, but add to that a pod of 600 acrobatic dusky dolphins and you had a wildlife spectacle to rival anything on earth.

Derivatives

duskily

adverb ...

Once again, our favorite Upper East Side social diary shows us that, yes, indeed, she had duskily complected ‘best pals.’
Then he fashions Pastis, a ‘working-class’ beanery so duskily stunning and Galliphilic that the current City of Light can boast no new restaurant as unabashedly evocative of its past.
At the pot-luck, I talked to a vampirish beauty called Dafna, who paints duskily supernatural tableaux which she calls ‘Art for Healing’.

duskiness

/ˈdʌskɪnəs

/ noun ...

It's darker, is the first thing I notice when I open my eyes again; the shadows cast by the network of interlocking branches seem deeper and to spread further in every direction, a duskiness has even infected the air all around me.
We are not referring to bright occasional flashes but constant little flames that glow in the duskiness of someone's life, even a stranger's, to enrich it with loving-kindness.
Our voices have the knowing, late-night duskiness of alto-sax jazz.

单词	dusky
释义	dusky /ˈdʌski / adjective (duskier, duskiest) 1Darkish in colour: dusky red a dusky complexion... It is similar to the outdoors Red Hot Poker but its colour, a dusky pink, is much less aggressive. We are standing in a spacious kitchen painted a dusky pink colour that, were it a lipstick or nail varnish, would be called Plum Beautiful or Berry Sorbet. This room is decorated in dusky pink colour with another sash window. 1.1 dated Used in euphemistic or poetic reference to black or other dark-skinned people: a dusky Moorish maiden... One of my English correspondents has recently spent a couple of months in Indonesia and mentioned with approval the dusky maidens there. I wandered about tripping over palm roots and bumping into dusky maidens in my fit of jet-lag and bliss, before falling asleep among the other bodies and bright cushions. As a small crowd gathered to watch the dusky maiden play a few hands of blackjack, I asked one of the crowd whether she was a film-star or a Kiwi pop musician. 1.2 literary Dim: dusky light came from a small window... Back then, the question of water quality in the Huangpu or Suzhou Creek was not an issue and one can imagine tourists bathing in the dusky light on a summer evening before returning to the Astor for an evening meal, drinks and a dance. The sun dips around 1am, there's a dusky twilight and then light again at 3am. It was just getting dark as we walked along the riverside to the Taj and the dusky light falling over the Ouse added to the romance of the outing. Synonyms shadowy, dark, darkish, dim, gloomy, murky, shady, cloudy, misty, hazy, foggy; unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, sunless, moonless literary crepuscular, tenebrous rare Stygian, Cimmerian, Tartarean, caliginous 1.3 [attributive] Used in names of animals with dark coloration, e.g. dusky dolphin, dusky warbler.An analysis of extrapair paternity in the dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, revealed that females choose copulation partners on the basis of the quality but not of the quantity of song.... Researchers have identified what could be signature whistles in other dolphin species, including spotted, white-sided, and dusky dolphins. To be surrounded by dozens of squawking, hissing sea birds with 10 ft wingspans was one thing, but add to that a pod of 600 acrobatic dusky dolphins and you had a wildlife spectacle to rival anything on earth. Derivatives duskily adverb ... Once again, our favorite Upper East Side social diary shows us that, yes, indeed, she had duskily complected ‘best pals.’ Then he fashions Pastis, a ‘working-class’ beanery so duskily stunning and Galliphilic that the current City of Light can boast no new restaurant as unabashedly evocative of its past. At the pot-luck, I talked to a vampirish beauty called Dafna, who paints duskily supernatural tableaux which she calls ‘Art for Healing’. duskiness /ˈdʌskɪnəs / noun ... It's darker, is the first thing I notice when I open my eyes again; the shadows cast by the network of interlocking branches seem deeper and to spread further in every direction, a duskiness has even infected the air all around me. We are not referring to bright occasional flashes but constant little flames that glow in the duskiness of someone's life, even a stranger's, to enrich it with loving-kindness. Our voices have the knowing, late-night duskiness of alto-sax jazz. Rhymes husky, musky
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dusky

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duskily

duskiness

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