the state of being dark, without any light 黑暗;陰暗;漆黑 After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness. 幾分鐘後我們的眼睛就適應了黑暗。 The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off. 停電後,整座房子陷入一片黑暗。 The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night). 夕陽西下,夜幕降臨。 There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings. 冬天的早晨天亮晚一個小時。 Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness. 夜間禁止停放車輛。 Her face was in darkness. 她的臉處於暗處。 They managed to escape under cover of darkness. 他們設法在夜色掩護下逃跑了。
Extra ExamplesHer eyes seemed to glow in the darkness. 黑暗中她的雙眼似乎在閃光。 It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness. 夜色漸濃,根本看不清地圖。 The car disappeared into the darkness. 汽車消失在黑暗中。 The room was swallowed by darkness. 房間被黑暗吞噬了。 The valley lay in darkness. 山谷隐沒在一片黑暗之中。 We waited for the darkness to lift. 我們等待破曉。 the inky darkness of the tunnel 隧道内一片漆黑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- pitch
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- be plunged into
- lie in
- stand in
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- close in
- come
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- in (the) darkness
- into the darkness
- out of the darkness
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- the hours of darkness
- under cover of darkness
the quality or state of being dark in colour Topics Colours and Shapesb2墨色;暗色;深色 - (literary)
evil 邪惡;罪惡 the forces of darkness 邪惡勢力