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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Back therefore to my darkening path again!
  因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
• 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。
• Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
  蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
• 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。
• 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。