blacks

英 [blæks]

美 [blæks]

n.  黑色; 黑色人种的人; 黑人
v.  抵制; 拒绝处理(货物); 拒绝(同某人做生意); 使变黑; 染黑; 涂黑
black的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• COLOUR 黑色
  Something that isblackis of the darkest colour that there is, the colour of the sky at night when there is no light at all.
  1. She was wearing a black coat with a white collar...
     她穿着一件白领黑外套。
  2. He had thick black hair...
     他的头发乌黑浓密。
  3. I wear a lot of black...
     我经常穿黑色衣服。
  4. He was dressed all in black.
     他一袭黑衣装束。
• ADJ （人）黑色人种的；（尤指）非洲黑人的
  Ablackperson belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race from Africa.
  1. He worked for the rights of black people...
     他为争取黑人权利而工作。
  2. Sherry is black, tall, slender and soft-spoken.
     谢里是个黑人，身材高挑，细声细语。
  3. ...the traditions of the black community.
     黑人社区的传统
• N-COUNT 黑人（可能具冒犯意味）
  Black people are sometimes referred to asblacks. This use could cause offence.
  1. There are about thirty-one million blacks in the US.
     美国大约有3,100万黑人。
• ADJ （咖啡、茶）不加牛奶（或奶油）的
  Blackcoffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it.
  1. A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories...
     一杯不加牛奶的茶或咖啡不含热量。
  2. I drink coffee black.
     我喝咖啡不加奶。
• ADJ-GRADED 极糟糕的；坏透顶的；黑暗的
  If you describe a situation asblack, you are emphasizing that it is very bad indeed.
  1. It was, he said later, one of the blackest days of his political career...
     后来他说，这是他政治生涯中最黑暗的日子之一。
  2. The future for the industry looks even blacker.
     这个产业的前景看起来更加暗淡。
• ADJ-GRADED （情绪）沮丧的，低落的，忧郁的
  If someone is in ablackmood, they feel very miserable and depressed.
  1. In late 1975, she fell into a black depression...
     在1975年底，她陷入了情绪的低谷。
  2. Her mood was blacker than ever.
     她的心情从未如此低落过。
• ADJ-GRADED 残忍的；恶毒的；邪恶的
  You useblackto describe things that you consider to be very cruel or wicked.
  1. I think their crime is a blacker one than mere exploitation.
     我想他们的罪行比单纯的剥削更残忍。
  2. ...the blackest laws in the country's history.
     这个国家历史上最严酷的法律
• ADJ-GRADED （幽默）黑色的
  Blackhumour involves jokes about sad or difficult situations.
  1. 'So you can all go over there and get shot,' he said, with the sort of black humour common among British troops here...
     “所以你们都可以到那里去挨枪子儿，”他说道，口吻中透着这里英国部队惯用的黑色幽默。
  2. It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.
     这是一个关于种族歧视、身份错位和期望落空的黑色喜剧。
• ADJ 巫术的；妖术的
  People who believe inblackmagic believe that it is possible to communicate with evil spirits.
  1. He was also alleged to have conducted black magic ceremonies...
     据称他还做了法。
  2. The King was unjustly accused of practising the black arts.
     国王被诬陷施行妖术。
• See also:Her husband blacked her eye...Their mother was trying to hide her two blacked eyes.black eye
• PHRASE （伤得）青一块紫一块
  If you say that someone isblack and blue, you mean that they are badly bruised.
  1. Whenever she refused, he'd beat her black and blue...
     只要她拒绝他，他就会把她打得青一块紫一块。
  2. Bud's nose was still black and blue.
     巴德的鼻子还是青一块紫一块的。
• PHRASE 有盈余；有结余
  If a person or an organization isin the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  1. Remington's operations in Japan are now in the black...
     雷明顿在日本的业务现在有盈利。
  2. Until his finances are in the black I don't want to get married.
     在他有银行存款之前，我不想和他结婚。
• PHRASE 怒视；恶狠狠的盯视
  If someone gives you ablack look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something.
  1. Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold.
     她经过我的货摊的时候，怒气冲冲地看了几眼还没有卖出去的东西。

双语例句

• The Blacks moved to Shanghai last month.
  上个月布莱克一家搬到了上海。
• To the radical blacks of the Sixties, he was an Uncle Tom.
  在20世纪60年代那些激进的黑人看来，他就是一个“汤姆叔叔”。
• He says the new document will guarantee fairness for blacks in Georgia.
  他说这个新文件将保证佐治亚州的黑人受到公平对待。
• By2060 or earlier, Hispanics and blacks will be a majority in America.
  到2060年或者更早的时候，西班牙裔和黑人将会占美国人口的多数。
• After the abolition of slavery, many blacks in America were liberated.
  奴隶制度废除后，许多美国黑人被解放了。
• That includes increasing their appeal to blacks, Hispanics, women and the poor.
  这其中包括加强对黑人、说英语的西班牙人、妇女和穷人的呼吁。
• Blacks, Asians, whites& we all live in the same community.
  黑人，亚洲人，白人，我们都生活在同一个社区。
• Blacks have a different skeletal structure in the ankle and foot.
  黑人在踝部和足部有不同的骨骼结构。
• The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets
  面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。
• The blacks and the whites were no longer separated in the public places.
  在公共场所，黑人和白人不再被分隔开来了。