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black

UK /blæk/US /blæk/

词源

源自古英语 'blæc',意为'黑色'或'黑暗',与古高地德语 'blah' 和古诺尔斯语 'blakkr' 同源。

noun

❶ 黑色,指最暗的颜色,与白色相对。常用于描述物体、衣物或颜色的名称。

“She was wearing a beautiful black dress.”

(她穿着一件漂亮的黑色连衣裙。)

“The cat is completely black.”

(这只猫全身都是黑色的。)

❶ 黑人,指非洲裔或具有深色皮肤的人种。常用于种族或文化相关的语境中。

“Many famous musicians are black.”

(许多著名的音乐家是黑人。)

“Black history is an important part of American culture.”

(黑人历史是美国文化的重要组成部分。)

同义词:dark, ebony, jet-black, inky, sable

adjective

❶ 黑色的,形容颜色为黑色或接近黑色的事物。

“He has a black car.”

(他有一辆黑色的车。)

“The black coffee is too strong for me.”

(黑咖啡对我来说太浓了。)

❶ 黑暗的,形容光线不足或没有光线的环境。

“The room was completely black.”

(房间里一片漆黑。)

“It's too black to see anything outside.”

(外面太黑了,什么都看不见。)

❶ 忧郁的,形容情绪低落或悲伤的状态。

“He was in a black mood after the bad news.”

(听到坏消息后,他的情绪很低落。)

“She felt black and hopeless.”

(她感到忧郁和绝望。)

同义词:dark, gloomy, somber, melancholy, depressing

verb

❶ 使变黑,指通过某种方式使某物变成黑色或更暗。

“He blacked his shoes with polish.”

(他用鞋油把鞋子擦得乌黑发亮。)

“The smoke blacked the ceiling.”

(烟把天花板熏黑了。)

❶ 抵制,指拒绝购买或使用某物作为抗议手段。

“The union blacked the company's products.”

(工会抵制该公司的产品。)

“They blacked the newspaper for its biased reporting.”

(他们因报纸的偏见报道而抵制它。)

同义词:darken, boycott, ban, prohibit, ostracize

常见短语

black and white — 非黑即白,形容事物或观点非常明确,没有中间地带。

“He sees everything in black and white.”

(他看待任何事情都是非黑即白。)

black out — 停电或失去意识,指突然断电或昏厥。

“The city blacked out during the storm.”

(暴风雨期间城市停电了。)

black market — 黑市,指非法交易商品或服务的市场。

“They bought the medicine on the black market.”

(他们在黑市上买了这种药。)

black sheep — 害群之马,指家庭或群体中不光彩或不受欢迎的成员。

“He's the black sheep of the family.”

(他是家里的害群之马。)

in the black — 盈利,指财务状况良好,有盈余。

“The company is finally in the black this year.”

(公司今年终于盈利了。)