darkening

英 [ˈdɑːkənɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːrkənɪŋ]

v.  (使)变暗，变黑; (使)忧郁，生气，不快
darken的现在分词

现在分词：darkening　

BNC.23698 / COCA.19550

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变黑;(使)变深;(使)变暗
  If somethingdarkensor if a person or thingdarkensit, it becomes darker.
  1. The sky darkened abruptly...
     天突然暗了下来。
  2. She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.
     她已化好妆，并涂黑了睫毛。
• V-ERG (使)变得阴郁;(使)心情沉重
  If someone's mooddarkensor if somethingdarkenstheir mood, they suddenly become rather unhappy.
  1. My sunny mood suddenly darkened...
     我的好心情突然变得阴郁起来。
  2. Nothing was going to darken his mood today.
     今天什么都不会影响到他的心情。
• VERB (脸色)变阴沉;(面)有愠色
  If someone's facedarkens, they suddenly look angry.
  1. Rawley's face darkened again.
     罗利的脸色又阴沉下来。

英英释义

noun

• changing to a darker color
  Synonym:blackening

adj

• becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
  1. the darkening sky

双语例句

• When I'm having doubts about what I'm feeling And future worries are darkening my mind.
  当我在怀疑什么，我现在的感觉及未来的忧虑是败坏了我的心声。
• The shadow of the moon can be seen darkening part of earth.
  月亮的影子可以在被黑暗笼罩的地球表面看见。
• Sensitivity and darkening can be adjusted for better look.
  敏感性和变暗可以调整更好的照顾。
• It's not a moment too soon, as the early south west monsoon rains are already darkening the sky.
  这一刻不会太久，因为天空已然暗下来，早期的西南季风雨已经来了。
• Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep, When the darkening shadows round about me creep;
  耶稣与我亲近可安然而睡，满天虽是黑暗心可无挂虑；
• It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
  外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
• So far, at least, there is one bright spot in the darkening economic picture.
  到目前为止，日益黯淡的经济图景中至少还有一个亮点。
• Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
  杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
• This typically entails lightening/ darkening, sharpening, removal of dust and basic colour correction.
  这些包括调亮/暗、化、楚污点以及基本颜色校准。
• "It's in our genes to go through this stuff," Kennedy said Thursday as he stood on the beach, looking southeast over the roaring ocean and darkening sky.
  “它的基因在我们经历这些东西，”肯尼迪说，周四，他站在海滩上，看天空在轰鸣的东南海洋和变黑。