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dimming

/dim/US // dɪm //UK // (dɪm) //

调光,调频,调色,调亮

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adj.形容词 adjective
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    dim·mer, dim·mest.

    • : not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
    • : not seen clearly or in detail; indistinct: a dim object in the distance.
    • : not clear to the mind; vague: a dim idea.
    • : not brilliant; dull in luster: a dim color.
    • : not clear or distinct to the senses; faint: a dim sound.
    • : not seeing clearly: eyes dim with tears.
    • : tending to be unfavorable; not likely to happen, succeed, be favorable, etc.: a dim chance of winning.
    • : not understanding clearly.
    • : rather stupid; dim-witted.
v.有主动词 verb
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    dimmed, dim·ming.

    • : to make dim or dimmer.
    • : to switch from the high to the low beam.
v.无主动词 verb
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    dimmed, dim·ming.

    • : to become or grow dim or dimmer.
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    • : dim out, to reduce the night illumination of to make it less visible from the air or sea, as a protection from enemy aircraft or ships.

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Examples

  • Mars dims within days and won’t be this bright for the remainder of the year.

  • The program was pitched in late 2016 as a way to save money on energy costs because the devices can be dimmed or brightened from afar.

  • Mróz and his team measured how long it took the star to brighten and dim.

  • The pandemic increased women’s caregiving duties and dimmed their career prospects.

  • This nebula is 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Cetus, and you can catch a glimpse of it as a somewhat dim circle-shaped glow with a medium-sized telescope.

  • Besides changes in light bulbs, many consumers are showing increased interest in dimming and lighting controls.

  • Their dimming performance will rarely match that of an incandescent, but it is getting better as the technology improves.

  • My colleague Lloyd Green wrote last week of “The Sprawling, Dimming Age of Obama.”

  • Reporters declared it a bomb weeks before its release and blamed Cruise and his dimming appeal to moviegoers.

  • The occupants of the room had been too absorbed with their own affairs to notice the gradual dimming of the illumination.

  • The sand hung in fog-like clouds shrouding the sun, dimming the usual brilliance.

  • So they hastened, while above them the canopy of leaves grew denser, and more clouds piled across the dimming sun.

  • On the western hill-crest, where the clouds gave way, the last bars of pale light still hung, but dimming each moment.

  • Special dimming lamps of small amount of light were provided in the first-class rooms.