单词 | darken |
释义 | darken (once / 382 pages) v WORD FAMILY darken: darkened, darkening, darkens+/dark: dark-colored, darken, darker, darkest, darkish, darkly, darkness, darks, semidark/darkening: darkeningly, darkenings/darkness: darknesses/semidark: semidarkness USAGE EXAMPLES“New Year’s morning in Beijing, I thought I was blind,” said another, attaching a photo of a window completely darkened with grey haze. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) He settled each onto his workbench and rubbed beeswax into them until they darkened and turned shiny. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) The Toledo Art Museum is offering special after-hours tours where visitors to through its darkened galleries while carrying flashlights. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v make dark or darker darken a room Ant|Hypo|Hyper brighten, lighten, lighten up make lighter or brighter embrown cause to darken murkmake dark, dim, or gloomy dunmake a dun color blind, dimmake dim by comparison or conceal dimmake dim or lusterless bedim, benightmake darker and difficult to perceive by sight shade, shade off, shadowcast a shadow over cloud, overcastmake overcast or cloudy fog upget foggy hazebecome hazy, dull, or cloudy alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v tarnish or stain a scandal that darkened the family's good name Hyper defile, maculate, stain, sully, tarnish make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 3v become dark or darker The sky darkened Ant|Hypo|Hyper lighten, lighten up become lighter dusk become dusk black out, blacken outdarken completely cloud over, cloud up, overcloudbecome covered with clouds change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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