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pitch darkness

/pich-dahrk/US // ˈpɪtʃˈdɑrk //

漆黑一片,一片漆黑,黑漆漆的一片

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indarkness

Examples

  • 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.

  • Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.

  • What the ear hears is the fundamental pitch only; the overtones harmonize with the primary or fundamental tone, and enrich it.

  • It will be remembered that pitch depends upon the rapidity of the sound waves or vibrations.

  • 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.