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dimness

/dim/US // dɪm //UK // (dɪm) //

昏暗,亮度,黯淡无光,昏暗度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    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
  1. 1

    dimmed, dim·ming.

    • : to make dim or dimmer.
    • : to switch from the high to the low beam.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dimmed, dim·ming.

    • : to become or grow dim or dimmer.
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundarkness
Synonyms
blackness漆黑一片,漆黑,黑暗,黑色dark黑,黑黑的,暗色,暗duskiness黄昏,黄昏时分,昏暗,暮色gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗murk阴暗面,黝黑,阴沉,阴暗murkiness阴暗,浑浊,浊度,阴暗面shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽

Examples

  • Screen brightness is a big battery drain, and low power mode will dim your display accordingly.

  • In the dim light, Jack sees his sister standing on a bridge over a creek.

  • As Science News astronomy writer Lisa Grossman reports, shutdowns of major telescopes as a safety measure during the pandemic have stymied efforts to solve the mystery of the dimming star.

  • So in late 2019, when the bright star suddenly dimmed for no apparent reason, Montargès was a little alarmed.

  • Although Democrats control the House, Republicans’ longtime skepticism about changing antitrust law could dim the chances that Cicilline’s proposals are adopted.

  • They were identical save for the bronze nameplates that gleamed darkly in the hushed dimness.

  • He saw her dear face peering through the dimness at him, the eyes burning like two dark precious stones.

  • Scrambling, sliding, worrying in the dimness, I finally reached the less precipitous slopes of the base of the cliff.

  • He blew out the match and looked back at the stairs lost in the dimness of the hall light.

  • The origin of such commercial unions is lost in the dimness of antiquity.

  • Again and again she wandered against thicket or trunk in the dimness of the trees, but the way led on, and she did not lose it.

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