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

• 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。
• Up over his head in the darkening skies.
  在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
• 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。
• "It's in our genes to go through this stuff," Kennedy said Thursday as he stood on the beach, looking southeast over the roaring ocean and darkening sky.
  “它的基因在我们经历这些东西，”肯尼迪说，周四，他站在海滩上，看天空在轰鸣的东南海洋和变黑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sensitivity and darkening can be adjusted for better look.
  敏感性和变暗可以调整更好的照顾。
• It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
  外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
• 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。
• Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
  杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。