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

• Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
  杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
  外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
• 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。
• Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep, When the darkening shadows round about me creep;
  耶稣与我亲近可安然而睡，满天虽是黑暗心可无挂虑；
• 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。
• 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。
• Burn: Used for shadows, darkening areas and for stippling.
  加深工具：用于处理影子，暗部和点画。
• 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。