darkness
noun /ˈdɑːknəs/
/ˈdɑːrknəs/
[uncountable]- the state of being dark, without any light
黑暗；阴暗；漆黑 - After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.
几分钟后我们的眼睛就适应了黑暗。 - The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off.
停电后，整座房子陷入一片黑暗。 - The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night).
夕阳西下，夜幕降临。 - There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings.
冬天的早晨天亮晚一个小时。 - Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness.
夜间禁止停放车辆。 - Her face was in darkness.
她的脸处于暗处。 - They managed to escape under cover of darkness.
他们设法在夜色掩护下逃跑了。
- Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.
黑暗中她的双眼似乎在闪光。 - It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.
夜色渐浓，根本看不清地图。 - The car disappeared into the darkness.
汽车消失在黑暗中。 - The room was swallowed by darkness.
房间被黑暗吞噬了。 - The valley lay in darkness.
山谷隐没在一片黑暗之中。 - We waited for the darkness to lift.
我们等待破晓。 - the inky darkness of the tunnel
隧道内一片漆黑
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- pitch
- total
- …
- be plunged into
- lie in
- stand in
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- close in
- come
- descend
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- in (the) darkness
- into the darkness
- out of the darkness
- …
- the hours of darkness
- under cover of darkness
- After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.
- the quality or state of being dark in colour
墨色；暗色；深色 - It depends on the darkness of your skin.
这取决于你肤色的深浅。
- It depends on the darkness of your skin.
- (literary) evil
邪恶；罪恶 - the forces of darkness
邪恶势力
- the forces of darkness