darkening

英 [ˈdɑːkənɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːrkənɪŋ]

v.  (使)变暗，变黑; (使)忧郁，生气，不快
darken的现在分词

现在分词：darkening　

BNC.23698 / COCA.19550

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变黑;(使)变深;(使)变暗
  If somethingdarkensor if a person or thingdarkensit, it becomes darker.
  1. The sky darkened abruptly...
     天突然暗了下来。
  2. She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.
     她已化好妆，并涂黑了睫毛。
• V-ERG (使)变得阴郁;(使)心情沉重
  If someone's mooddarkensor if somethingdarkenstheir mood, they suddenly become rather unhappy.
  1. My sunny mood suddenly darkened...
     我的好心情突然变得阴郁起来。
  2. Nothing was going to darken his mood today.
     今天什么都不会影响到他的心情。
• VERB (脸色)变阴沉;(面)有愠色
  If someone's facedarkens, they suddenly look angry.
  1. Rawley's face darkened again.
     罗利的脸色又阴沉下来。

英英释义

noun

• changing to a darker color
  Synonym:blackening

adj

• becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
  1. the darkening sky

双语例句

• It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer.
  它似乎吸收了渐渐转暗的大地的光亮，因为随着它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷变得愈来愈暗淡朦胧。
• Short-term exposure of humans to high levels of dioxins may result in skin lesions, such as chloracne and patchy darkening of the skin, and altered liver function.
  人类短期接触高剂量的二恶英，可能导致皮肤损害，如氯痤疮和皮肤色斑，还可能改变肝脏功能。
• They paused in their preparations to watch it climb higher and higher, now black against the rapidly darkening sky, until it vanished over a nearby mountain.
  他们暂时停止了准备工作，看着它越飞越高，黑色的身影映在迅速暗下来的天空中，直到消失在不远处的山峰后。
• With the economic picture darkening daily, the burden of preventing another slump is falling on the White House and Congress.
  随着经济形势每况愈下，防止经济二次探底的重担就落在了白宫和国会的肩上。
• Back therefore to my darkening path again!
  因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
• They also block out the noise of the content beneath the window by darkening the area around it with a shadow.
  它们利用阴影来暗化窗口周围的区域以达到降低窗口下面内容所引起的噪音。
• Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
  杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
• The shadow of the moon can be seen darkening part of earth.
  月亮的影子可以在被黑暗笼罩的地球表面看见。
• Look for signs of a developing thunderstorm such as darkening skies, flashes of lightning or increasing wind.
  寻找雷暴来临的标志。例如：天空变暗、一道闪电或增强的风。
• She gazed at him, her eyes darkening with a curious expression of dislike and distrust as he silently turned away.
  她死盯着他，眼神越来越阴沉，显出一种对他又厌恶又怀疑的奇怪表情，这时他只好默不作声地把脸转了过去。