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ADJ-GRADED
黑暗的;昏暗的;天黑的
When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
例句
When she awoke it was evening and already dark...
她醒來時已是晚上，天已經黑了。
It was too dark inside to see much...
里面太暗，看不太清。
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N-SING
黑暗;昏暗;暗處
The dark is the lack of light in a place.
例句
Her mother was sitting in the dark by the stove in her rocking chair...
她母親坐在爐邊暗處的搖椅里。
I've always been afraid of the dark.
我一直很怕黑。
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ADJ-GRADED
黑色的;深色的;暗色的
If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is black in colour, or a shade that is close to black.
例句
He wore a dark suit and carried a black attaché case...
他身穿暗色西服，手提黑色公文包。
The heavy dark table is inlaid with lighter wood.
笨重的深色桌子上嵌有顏色較淺的木頭。
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COMB in COLOUR
(顏色)深的，暗的
When you use dark to describe a colour, you are referring to a shade of that colour which is close to black, or seems to have some black in it.
例句
She was wearing a dark blue dress.
她穿著一件深藍色的禮服。
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ADJ-GRADED
(頭發、眼睛或膚色)棕色的，黑色的
If someone has dark hair, eyes, or skin, they have brown or black hair, eyes, or skin.
例句
He had dark, curly hair...
他有一頭卷曲的黑發。
Leo went on, his dark eyes wide with pity and concern.
利奧接著說下去，他的黑眼睛瞪得大大的，充滿憐憫和關切。
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ADJ-GRADED
(白人）有著棕色（或黑色）頭發（且皮膚略帶棕色）的，膚色深的
If you describe a white person as dark, you mean that they have brown or black hair, and often a brownish skin.
例句
Carol is a tall, dark, Latin type of woman...
卡蘿爾身材高大，黑發棕膚，是個有著拉丁風情的女子。
The driver was very dark. Maltese, maybe.
司機一頭烏發、膚色黝黑，可能是個馬耳他人。
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ADJ-GRADED
(時期）黑暗的，恐怖的，悲慘的
A dark period of time is unpleasant or frightening.
例句
Once again there's talk of very dark days ahead...
又有傳言說以后的日子會非常艱難。
This was the darkest period of the war.
這是那次戰爭中最黑暗的時期。
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ADJ-GRADED
(地方)神秘的，隱秘的
A dark place or area is mysterious and not fully known about.
例句
The spacecraft is set to throw new light on to a dark corner of the solar system.
這艘宇宙飛船可能會讓人們對太陽系中的一個神秘角落有更新的認識。
...the dark recesses of the mind.
隱秘的思想深處
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ADJ-GRADED
(想法）憂郁的，悲觀的
Dark thoughts are sad, and show that you are expecting something unpleasant to happen.
例句
Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
特洛伊的喋喋不休讓我暫時收起了陰郁思緒。
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ADJ-GRADED
(眼神或話語）陰險的，邪惡的，不祥的
Dark looks or remarks make you think that the person giving them wants to harm you or that something horrible is going to happen.
例句
Garin shot him a dark glance, as if in warning.
加林惡狠狠地瞪了他一眼，似乎是在警告。
...dark threats.
惡毒的威脅
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ADJ-GRADED
（指與嚴肅或令人不快的事物相關的)黑色的
If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is related to things that are serious or unpleasant, rather than light-hearted.
例句
Their dark humor never failed to astound him...
他們的黑色幽默總能讓他咋舌。
Nina took a kind of dark pleasure in being the focus of the tension between her father and her brother.
對成了父親和哥哥緊張關系的焦點，尼娜有點幸災樂禍。
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PHRASE
天黑后
If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun.
例句
They avoid going out alone after dark.
他們避免在天黑以后獨自外出。
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PHRASE
天黑前
If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
例句
They'll be back well before dark.
他們會在天黑前早早返回。
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PHRASE
（對…）一無所知，毫不知情
If you are in the dark about something, you do not know anything about it.
例句
The investigators admit that they are completely in the dark about the killing...
調查人員承認他們對這起謀殺一無所知。
I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this...
我設法對父母瞞下了此事。
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PHRASE
瞎猜;盲干
If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful.
例句
Every single one of those inspired guesses had been shots in the dark.
所有那些憑直覺的猜測都是無根據的瞎猜。