| 释义 |
Noun: blackout 'blak`awt- A suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- brownout, dimout - The failure of electric power for a general region
- A momentary loss of consciousness
- Partial or total loss of memory
"he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
- amnesia, memory loss
Verb: black out blak awt- Obliterate or extinguish
- Darken completely
- blacken out - Suppress by censorship as for political reasons
"parts of the newspaper article were blacked out" - Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
- zonk out, pass out, zonk
Derived forms: blackouts, blacked out, blacks out, blacking out Type of: blow out, break, change state, cognitive state, dark, darken, darkness, edit, extinguish, intermission, interruption, pause, power failure, power outage, quench, redact, snuff out, state of mind, suspension, turn, unconsciousness Encyclopedia: Black out Blackout |