ADJECTIVE | VERB + DARKNESS | DARKNESS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤complete, pitch, total, utter完全暗了;漆黑一片◇The building was in pitch darkness.大樓一片漆黑。➤deep, inky深黑;漆黑◇the inky darkness of the tunnel隧道內一片漆黑➤gathering, growing夜色漸濃◇It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.夜色漸濃,根本看不清地圖。VERB + DARKNESS➤be plunged into陷入黑暗中◇The electricity failed and the house was plunged into darkness.停電了,房子陷入黑暗之中。➤lie in, stand in位於黑暗中;處在黑暗中◇The valley lay in darkness.山谷隱沒在一片黑暗之中。➤penetrate, pierce穿透黑暗DARKNESS + VERB➤close in, come, descend, fall夜幕來臨;夜幕降臨;夜幕沉沉◇We arrived at the town just as darkness fell.我們在夜幕降臨時趕到了鎮上。➤envelop sb/sth, surround sb/sth黑暗包圍⋯▸➤swallow sb/sth黑暗吞噬⋯◇The room was swallowed by darkness.房間被黑暗吞噬了。➤lift天亮◇We waited for the darkness to lift.我們等待破曉。PREPOSITION➤in (the) darkness在黑暗中◇The building was in darkness.大樓籠罩在黑暗中。◇Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.黑暗中她的雙眼似乎在閃光。➤into the darkness到黑暗中去◇The car disappeared into the darkness.汽車消失在黑暗中。➤out of the darkness從黑暗中出來◇A figure appeared out of the darkness.一個人影從黑暗中冒出來。PHRASES➤the hours of darkness夜晚時份◇The bombing took place during the hours of darkness.轟炸發生在晚上。➤under cover of darkness在夜幕的掩護下◇They moved from place to place under cover of darkness.他們在夜幕的掩護下四處活動。