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keep dark

/dahrk/US // dɑrk //UK // (dɑːk) //

保持黑暗,保守黑暗,保暗,保守黑夜

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    dark·er, dark·est.

    • : having very little or no light: a dark room.
    • : radiating, admitting, or reflecting little light: a dark color.
    • : approaching black in hue: a dark brown.
    • : not pale or fair; swarthy: a dark complexion.
    • : brunette; dark-colored: dark eyebrows.
    • : having brunette hair: She's dark but her children are blond.
    • : containing only a small amount of milk or cream.
    • : gloomy; cheerless; dismal: the dark days of World War II.
    • : sullen; frowning: a dark expression.
    • : evil; iniquitous; wicked: a dark plot.
    • : destitute of knowledge or culture; unenlightened.
    • : hard to understand; obscure.
    • : hidden; secret.
    • : silent; reticent.
    • : offering no performances; closed: The theaters in this town are dark on Sundays.
    • : Phonetics. having back-vowel resonance; situated after a vowel in the same syllable.Compare clear. of dull quality; acoustically damped.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the absence of light; darkness: I can't see well in the dark.
    • : night; nightfall: Please come home before dark.
    • : a dark place.
    • : a dark color.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make dark; darken.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Obsolete. to grow dark; darken.

Phrases

  • darken someone's door
  • dark horse
  • in the dark
  • keep someone in the dark
  • leap in the dark
  • shot in the dark
  • whistle in the dark

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inconceal

Examples

  • The issue from a search marketing perspective with this new dark mode is that the ads are a bit harder to distinguish from the organic listings.

  • It is much harder to see the “Ad” label in the Google dark theme than it is in the light theme.

  • Sometimes my day is crazy and I can’t get outside until it’s dark.

  • The dark debris deposits along the path, as well as the still-settling clouds of dust, are telltale signs of a landslide, researchers say.

  • That cultural change has been driven by founders and investors who want to keep their startups stealthy and their competitors in the dark about where their finances are.

  • He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

  • I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.

  • Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.

  • These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.

  • Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.

  • Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.

  • He glanced aside, and saw an exceedingly pretty, dark face, which looked vaguely familiar.

  • Down in his galleries and chambers where it was dark as a pocket Grandfather Mole enjoyed himself thoroughly.

  • His dark, shining, almost too intelligent eyes looked at Nigel, and looked away.

  • The seeds of some species are of a dark brown while others are of a lighter shade.