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。

noun

adj

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

Up over his head in the darkening skies.
在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
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。
Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
Sensitivity and darkening can be adjusted for better look.
敏感性和变暗可以调整更好的照顾。
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。
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。
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；
It's not a moment too soon, as the early south west monsoon rains are already darkening the sky.
这一刻不会太久，因为天空已然暗下来，早期的西南季风雨已经来了。