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

• Sensitivity and darkening can be adjusted for better look.
  敏感性和变暗可以调整更好的照顾。
• Back therefore to my darkening path again!
  因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep, When the darkening shadows round about me creep;
  耶稣与我亲近可安然而睡，满天虽是黑暗心可无挂虑；
• The stars and moon in The Starry Night are unusually bright, their light swirling above the darkening hills.
  《星夜》中的星星和月亮异常地明亮，它们的光亮在阴霾的山丘上打转。
• 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。
• When I'm having doubts about what I'm feeling And future worries are darkening my mind.
  当我在怀疑什么，我现在的感觉及未来的忧虑是败坏了我的心声。
• Up over his head in the darkening skies.
  在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
• On bright and calm days they lie in thousands on the now darkening water.
  在平和晴朗的日子里，千万片树叶落在此时色泽渐渐转暗的湖面上。