the state of being dark, without any light 黑暗;阴暗;漆黑 After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness. 几分钟后我们的眼睛就适应了黑暗。 The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off. 停电后,整座房子陷入一片黑暗。 The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night). 夕阳西下,夜幕降临。 There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings. 冬天的早晨天亮晚一个小时。 Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness. 夜间禁止停放车辆。 Her face was in darkness. 她的脸处于暗处。 They managed to escape under cover of darkness. 他们设法在夜色掩护下逃跑了。
Extra ExamplesHer eyes seemed to glow in the darkness. 黑暗中她的双眼似乎在闪光。 It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness. 夜色渐浓,根本看不清地图。 The car disappeared into the darkness. 汽车消失在黑暗中。 The room was swallowed by darkness. 房间被黑暗吞噬了。 The valley lay in darkness. 山谷隐没在一片黑暗之中。 We waited for the darkness to lift. 我们等待破晓。 the inky darkness of the tunnel 隧道内一片漆黑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- pitch
- total
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- be plunged into
- lie in
- stand in
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- close in
- come
- descend
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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 邪恶;罪恶 the forces of darkness 邪恶势力