darkness
noun[U]
uk/ˈdɑːk.nəs/us/ˈdɑːrk.nəs/darknessnoun[U](LACK OF LIGHT)
B2
thequalityof being withoutlight, or asituationin which there is little or nolight:
暗，黑暗，阴暗Thecitycentrewasplungedintodarkness by thepowercut.市中心因为停电而陷入一片黑暗。
They madetheirway up thebeachindarkness.他们在黑暗中走上了海滩。
I couldhardlyseeanything inthedarkness.在黑暗中我几乎什么都看不见。
thequalityof beingnearertoblackthanwhiteincolour:
（颜色）深，暗Cook a littlelongertoincreasethe darkness of thesauce.多煮一会儿，让酱汁颜色更深一些。
the darkness of thewater水颜色的暗度
- Driving through thetotaldarkness was aslightlysurrealexperience.
- I couldhearhimblunderingaround in the darkness.
- Pupilscontractinbrightlight, anddilatein darkness.
- Suddenly all thelightswent out and thehousewasshroudedin darkness.
- I could justdiscernafigurein the darkness.
- I like the darkness of theblue.
Darkness & becoming dark
- blackness
- darken
- darkened
- darkly
- deepen
- dim
- dimly
- dimness
- dingily
- draw
- dully
- matt
- moonless
- shaded
- shadow
- shadowy
- sombreness
- subdued
- twilight
- umbra
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The qualities of colour
darknessnoun[U](SADNESS)
thequalityof beingsadand withouthope:
伤心绝望；哀愁Inoticedthe darkness of hismood.我注意到他情绪中的绝望。
- Inplaceofcomicsparkle, thesestorieshave athoughtfuldarkness oftone.
- Afteryearsof darkness,ourfuturesuddenlylooksbright.
- There's darkness in his past.
Feeling sad and unhappy
- a dog's lifeidiom
- angsty
- be cut upidiom
- be down in the mouthidiom
- be in a funkidiom
- be in bitsidiom
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dolefully
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- lugubriously
- wistfully
- woe
- woe is meidiom
- woebegone
- woeful
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Not hopeful
darknessnoun[U](EVIL)
thequalityof beingevilorthreatening:
邪恶，阴暗We are allfascinatedbyhumandarkness, byevil.我们都为人类的阴暗，为邪恶所蛊惑。
- Heventuredinto theheartof darkness.
- The darkness of hischaracteris madeplainby thelargeswastikabandwrappedaround his bicep.
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- amorality
- anomie
- antichrist
- dissipated
- dissolute
- dissolutely
- dissoluteness
- enormity
- no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
- non-ethical
- obscene
- obscenely
- obscenity
- turpitude
- unconscionable
- unconscionably
- unethical
- unprincipled
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