| 单词 | black |
| 释义 | black (once / 31 pages) 1adjnv 2adj 3adj 4adj 5adj We all know what black looks like, but technically it's defined by the absence of light. Total darkness. It can also mean an angry feeling or something wicked or hopeless. For example, “The traffic put me in a black mood.” Black is most commonly used as an adjective, but you can also use it as a noun, like when you say, "The actors wore black." Synonyms when used to describe color include inky, raven, and sable. Synonyms when it means "hopeless" include dispiriting, lugubrious, and threatening. WORD FAMILYblack: antiblack, blacked, blacker, blackest, blacking, blackish, blackly, blackness, blacks+/blacking: blackings/blackness: blacknesses USAGE EXAMPLESDahlin’s first project was a report denouncing the existence of an illegal nationwide network of secret detention facilities called “black jails”. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Roof believed segregation needed to return to keep white people from falling to the level of blacks. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) A song that speaks to all the disregarded and downtrodden black people in the United States. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light black leather jackets as black as coal rich black soil Syn|Ant dark (used of color) having a dark hue white being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light albescentbecoming or shading into white light, light-colored(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent 2adj extremely dark a black moonless night through the pitch- black woods Syn pitch-black, pitch-dark dark devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black 3adj of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. Syn|Ant African-American, Afro-American pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-whitehaving skin rich in melanin pigments negrorelating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair negroidcharacteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race white of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration Caucasian, Caucasoidof or relating to Caucasian people light-skinnedhaving little skin pigmentation 4adj (of coffee) without cream or sugar Syn undiluted not diluted 5adj soiled with dirt or soot with feet black from playing outdoors his shirt was black within an hour Syn smutty dirty, soiled, unclean soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime 6n the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper blackness, inkiness white, whiteness the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black a very dark black achromatic color, achromatic colour a color lacking hue; white or grey or black 7n total absence of light in the black of night Syn|Hyper blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness dark, darkness absence of light or illumination 8n (board games) the darker pieces Ant|Hyper white (board games) the lighter pieces man, piece game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games 9n black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) the widow wore black Hyper article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable a covering designed to be worn on a person's body 10v make or become black 2Syn|Ant|Hyper blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify white, whiten turn white color, colour, discolor, discolour change color, often in an undesired manner 1adj marked by anger or resentment or hostility black looks black words Syn angry feeling or showing anger 2adj (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood 3a face black with fury Syn blackened colored, colorful, coloured having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination 1adj offering little or no hope the future looked black Syn bleak, dim hopeless without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success 2adj (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin 4Syn calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful unfortunate not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune 1adj stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable black deeds a black lie his black heart has concocted yet another black deed Syn dark, sinister evil morally bad or wrong 2adj (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson Syn disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful dishonorable, dishonourable lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor 3adj harshly ironic or sinister 5black humor Syn grim, mordant sarcastic expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds 1adj distributed or sold illicitly the black economy pays no taxes Syn black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules 2adj (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading black propaganda Syn covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed Black (once / 170 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY Black: Blacks USAGE EXAMPLESOn Sunday against the Toronto Raptors, Black got his first significant playing time since spraining an ankle Dec. 5. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) He donated half the prize money to the radical African-American movement, the Black Panthers. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Black was one point and one rebound from a double-double. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) 2Syn|Exp Joseph Black chemist a scientist who specializes in chemistry n popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) 3Syn|Exp Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black actress a female actor n a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Syn|Hypo|Hyper Black person, Negro, Negroid, blackamoor Negress a Black woman or girl Black mana man who is Black Black womana woman who is Black colored, colored persona United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive Tom, Uncle Tom(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites soul brothera fellow Black man individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being person of color, person of colour(formal) any non-European non-white person |
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