单词 | dusky |
释义 | dusky (once / 852 pages) adj WORD FAMILY dusky: duskier, duskiest, duskily, duskiness, dusky-colored+/dusk: dusked, dusking, dusks, dusky/duskiness: duskinesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe only thing more bleak and dated than the duskier varieties of wood is lumber with a past. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) A pleasant light, both dusky and hourless, filters through stained-glass windows. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) “They are ignoring fisheries where dusky shark bycatch is happening.” Seattle Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1adj lighted by or as if by twilight "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding Syn twilight, twilit dark devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black 2adj naturally having skin of a dark color gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks Syn dark-skinned, swart, swarthy brunet, brunette marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes |
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