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

• Vignetting refers to the lightening or darkening of the edges of an image.
  虚光照是指增亮或是调暗图片的边缘。
• 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。
• He studied the contour of her face, silhouetted against the darkening sky.
  他仔细端详她的脸在夜空中的映出的轮廓线。
• 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。
• She went down to the river bank, and stood gazing at a moon streak on the darkening water.
  她走到河边，河面已经暗了下来，她站在那里凝望水上的一痕月光。
• Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
  蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
• Back therefore to my darkening path again!
  因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
• 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。
• Up over his head in the darkening skies.
  在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
• Adsorption Properties of Palygorskite Supported Anionic-cationic Surfactant for Methyl Orange Then they topped the rise and before them lay the oaks of Tara, a towering dark mass against the darkening sky.
  坡缕石负载阴-阳表面活性剂对甲基橙的吸附行为后来，他们总算爬到了坡顶，塔拉的橡树在就在眼前，黑糊糊的一大片高耸在阴沉的天空下。