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

• Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
  蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
• 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。
• Sensitivity and darkening can be adjusted for better look.
  敏感性和变暗可以调整更好的照顾。
• Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
  杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
• 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。
• It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
  外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
• 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。
• This typically entails lightening/ darkening, sharpening, removal of dust and basic colour correction.
  这些包括调亮/暗、化、楚污点以及基本颜色校准。
• 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。