blacken

英 [ˈblækən]

美 [ˈblækən]

v.  (使)变黑; 抹黑; 丑化; 败坏…的名誉

过去分词：blackened　现在分词：blackening　过去式：blackened　第三人称单数：blackens　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14881 / COCA.15212

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变黑
  to make sth black; to become black
  1. Their faces were blackened with soot.
     他们满脸煤灰。
  2. Smoke had blackened the walls.
     烟把墙壁都熏黑了。
• 抹黑；丑化；败坏…的名誉
  to say unpleasant things that give people a bad opinion of sb
  1. He accused the newspaper of trying to blacken his name.
     他指责报纸企图败坏他的名声。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）变黑；弄黑；涂黑
  Toblackensomething means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something thatblackensbecomes black or very dark in colour.
  1. The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth...
     下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。
  2. You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins blacken.
     你得把番茄烤到皮变黑为止。
• VERB 诬蔑；玷污；给…抹黑
  If someoneblackensyour character, they make other people believe that you are a bad person.
  1. He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character...
     他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。
  2. They're trying to blacken our name.
     他们企图败坏我们的名声。

英英释义

verb

• make or become black
  1. The smoke blackened the ceiling
  2. The ceiling blackened
  Synonym:melanizemelanisenigrifyblack
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  1. The cook blackened the chicken breast
  2. The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
  3. the flames scorched the ceiling
  Synonym:charsearscorch

双语例句

• Blacken sb's character by insinuation.
  含沙射影地贬低某人的品格。
• One way to remove private information from paper documents is to blacken it out with a pen.
  消除纸质文档上隐私信息的一个方法是用笔涂黑。
• Here the update is used to blacken out all but the area code of the phone number.
  下面的更新“掩盖”电话号码的所有部分，只留下地区编码。
• When Beijing experiences bouts of pollution that blacken the skies and burn the lungs, residents often joke that the Chinese capital needs to build giant fans to clear out the toxic air.
  北京所经历的一轮轮污染，让天空变得灰暗，使人们感到肺部灼烧。居民们经常开玩笑说，北京需要树一些巨型风扇，来把这种有毒空气吹走。
• The twilight had begun to whiten what was on high and to blacken all below.
  暮色的残晖正开始把上面的东西变白，下面的东西变黑。
• You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins blacken.
  你得把番茄烤到皮变黑为止。
• Don't blacken his good name by spreading lies.
  不要散播谎言诋毁他的名声。
• A smear campaign to blacken the labour party.
  败坏工党名誉的诽谤性造谣活动。
• French spokesmen took pains not to blacken the image of their country.
  法国的发言人尽量小心以避免损坏他们国家的形象。
• They not only blacken themselves but also the baby.
  他们不仅熏黑了自己，还熏黑了宝宝。