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

• Back therefore to my darkening path again!
  因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
  杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
  蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。