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

单词	darkness
释义	dark·ness noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English derknesse, from Old English deorcnysse, from deorc dark + -nysse -ness — more at dark : the quality or state of being dark: as a. : the absence in part or in whole of light : blackness, gloom < the darkness of night > < the darkness of a cave > b. (1) : absence of moral, religious, or cultural values : spiritual backwardness : ignorance < peoples living in darkness and superstition > (2) : wickedness, iniquity < the powers of darkness > c. : deprivation of sight : blindness d. : dark quality in shade or color < the somber darkness of pines — American Guide Series: Vermont > e. : privacy, secrecy < questions of policy kept in darkness > f. (1) : lack of clarity : obscurity < the darkness of certain passages in a text > (2) : imperfect vision or understanding < fanatical darkness of a mind that glimpsed light but could not win it — Carlos Baker > g. (1) : distress caused by misfortune or affliction : trouble < my personal life had taken a turn towards darkness — Karl Polanyi > (2) : gloom < Brahms songs, with their decided darkness of mood — Irving Kolodin >
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