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with no or very little light, especially because it is night 黑暗的；昏暗的；阴暗的 a dark room/street/forest/night 黑暗的房间/街道/森林/夜晚 What time does it get dark in summer? 夏天什么时候天黑？ Then the theatre went dark. 然后剧场就黑了。 It was dark outside and I couldn't see much. 外面很黑，我看不清。 The sky was still dark. 天空仍然很暗。 Use lights to illuminate dark corners. 用灯光照亮黑暗的角落。
Extra ExamplesTopics Weathera1It gets dark at about six o'clock. 6 点左右天黑下来。 As it grew dark, they gathered round the fire. 随着天色变暗，他们聚集到了篝火旁。 It's only three o'clock and it's nearly dark already. 才 3 点钟，天就差不多黑了。 They stepped into the dark room and shone the torch. 他们走进黑暗的房间，点燃了手电筒。 He stumbled along through the dark forest. 他在黑黝黝的森林中跌跌撞撞地前行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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not light; closer in shade to black than to white 深色的；暗色的 dark blue/green/red/brown 深蓝色/绿色/红色/棕色 Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains. 深色不显脏，更实用。
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having a colour that is close to black 近乎黑色的 He wore a dark suit and a plain tie. 他穿着深色西装，打着平纹领带。 dark-coloured wood 深色木材 The dark clouds in the sky meant that a storm was coming. 天空中的乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
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brown or black in colour 褐色的；黝黑的；乌黑的 Sue has long dark hair. 休留着长长的黑发。 He was handsome with dark eyes. 他长得很帅，有一双黑眼睛。 Even if you have dark skin, you still need protection from the sun. 即使你皮肤黝黑，仍需要防晒。
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(of a person 人 having dark hair, eyes, etc. 有深色头发（或眼睛等）的 a dark handsome stranger 一位黑头发的英俊陌生人
opposite fair mysterious; hidden and not known about 神秘的；隐秘的；隐藏的 evil or frightening 邪恶的；阴险的；凶恶的 There was a darker side to his nature. 他本性中有阴险的一面。 the dark forces of the imagination 幻想中的邪恶势力 My mind was full of dark thoughts. 我满脑子都是阴暗的想法。
unpleasant and without any hope that something good will happen 忧郁的；不快的；无望的 (of a speech sound 语音 produced with the back part of the tongue close to the back of the mouth. In many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English, dark /l/ is used after a vowel, as in ball. 模糊的
with little light光线暗淡
colours颜色
hair/skin/eyes头发；皮肤；眼睛
mysterious神秘
evil邪恶
without hope无希望
phonetics语音学
Word OriginOld English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.
Idioms
a dark horse
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a person who does not tell other people much about their life, and who surprises other people by having interesting qualities 深藏不露的人 a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises everyone by winning 出人意料的获胜者；黑马
keep something dark
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to keep something secret and not tell people about it 对…保密；隐瞒；隐藏 He’s got two children? Well he’s kept that dark, hasn’t he! 他有两个孩子？他一直瞒着我，不是吗！