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

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。
Back therefore to my darkening path again!
因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
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。
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。
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。
Up over his head in the darkening skies.
在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
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。
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。
By the sudden darkening of the skies and the thunder in the distance, we could tell that rain was imminent.
天色突然暗了，再加上远处响起的雷声，我们知道快下雨了。
Burn: Used for shadows, darkening areas and for stippling.
加深工具：用于处理影子，暗部和点画。