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

• 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。
• 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。
• It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer.
  它似乎吸收了渐渐转暗的大地的光亮，因为随着它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷变得愈来愈暗淡朦胧。
• 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。
• It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
  外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
• 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。
• Reduction in growth rate and vigour. Darkening of the leaves. Decreased drought resistance.
  生长速度和活力下降。叶色变暗。抗旱能力下降。
• Burn: Used for shadows, darkening areas and for stippling.
  加深工具：用于处理影子，暗部和点画。
• So far, at least, there is one bright spot in the darkening economic picture.
  到目前为止，日益黯淡的经济图景中至少还有一个亮点。
• 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。