
black
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。)
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。)
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。)
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。)