dusky
英 [ˈdʌski]
美 [ˈdʌski]
adj. 昏暗的; 暗淡的; (颜色)暗的，柔和的
比较级：duskier
BNC.21939 / COCA.18555
同义词辨析
darkblackdimduskymurky【导航词义：黑，暗】
darkadj. 黑的，暗的
〔辨析〕
普通用词，主要指由于光线不足或缺乏照明而变得黑暗，使人看不见眼前物体，用于比喻时则指阴险的、邪恶的。
〔例证〕
The room is too dark to paint a picture in.
这房间光线太暗，不能在这儿画画。
Don't always focus on the dark side of things.
不要总是关注事物的阴暗面。
这房间光线太暗，不能在这儿画画。
Don't always focus on the dark side of things.
不要总是关注事物的阴暗面。
blackadj. 黑色的
〔辨析〕
主要指颜色是黑色的，有时也指某处因光线不足而黑暗的。
〔例证〕
He likes to wear a black jacket.
他喜欢穿黑色夹克。
He found a black cave.
他发现了一个黑漆漆的山洞。
他喜欢穿黑色夹克。
He found a black cave.
他发现了一个黑漆漆的山洞。
dimadj. 微暗的，模糊的
〔辨析〕
强调由于黑暗或光线微弱而无法看清物体的；也可指记忆不清晰的。
〔例证〕
You'd better not read in that dim room.
你最好不要在那个昏暗的房间里看书。
He has a dim memory of his childhood.
他对童年的记忆有些模糊不清了。
你最好不要在那个昏暗的房间里看书。
He has a dim memory of his childhood.
他对童年的记忆有些模糊不清了。
duskyadj. 昏暗的，暗淡的，蒙的
〔辨析〕
强调光线不足或微弱的；也指黎明或傍晚时周围环境灰蒙蒙的。
〔例证〕
He sat in a dusky corner.
他坐在昏暗的角落里。
It was a dusky winter day when he returned home after a long journey.
那是一个灰蒙蒙的冬日，经过一番长途跋涉，他终于回到家了。
他坐在昏暗的角落里。
It was a dusky winter day when he returned home after a long journey.
那是一个灰蒙蒙的冬日，经过一番长途跋涉，他终于回到家了。
murkyadj. 黑暗的，阴暗的，模糊的
〔辨析〕
主要指由于烟、雾等而难以看清的，引申则指含糊难懂的。
〔例证〕
I couldn't make out the house number in the murky light.
在昏暗的光线下我看不清房子的门牌号。
The secretary only put forward a murky suggestion.
秘书仅提出了一个模糊的建议。
在昏暗的光线下我看不清房子的门牌号。
The secretary only put forward a murky suggestion.
秘书仅提出了一个模糊的建议。
牛津词典
adj.
- 昏暗的；暗淡的；（颜色）暗的，柔和的
not very bright; dark or soft in colour- the dusky light inside the cave
洞中昏暗的光线 - dusky pink
暗粉红色
- the dusky light inside the cave
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 昏暗的;黑黝黝的
Duskymeans rather dark.- Heavy gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks...
沉甸甸的金耳环在她黝黑的面颊的衬托下熠熠发光。 - He was walking down the road one dusky Friday evening.
在一个漆黑的周五夜晚他沿路走着。
- Heavy gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks...
- COMB in COLOUR (颜色等)微暗的,暗淡的,柔和的,不明亮的
Aduskycolour is soft rather than bright.- ...dusky pink carpet.
暗粉红色的地毯
- ...dusky pink carpet.
双语例句
- She saw her own face, glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusky mirror in which she had been wont to gaze at it.
她看到了自己少女时代的光彩动人的美貌，把她惯于映照的那面昏暗的镜子的整个镜心都照亮了。 - My home, of course, is a reflection of this dusky romance.
我的家，当然是反映这种昏暗浪漫。 - In the dusky path of a dream I went to seek the love who was mine in a former life.
在梦境的朦胧小路上，我去寻找我前生的爱。 - The late, dusky summer evening.
姗姗来迟的夏日昏暗黄昏。 - He returned to the dusky room.
他回到昏暗的房间去。 - Active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California.
身上有网格状深色斑点的活跃的蜥蜴；产于从俄勒冈和爱达荷到加利福尼亚巴加的半干旱地区。 - The hand may become painful, cold, pale, dusky, or swollen.
手可能会变得疼痛、冷、苍白、灰暗或肿胀。 - They urged the horses to a canter and thundered along the dusky road in fine style.
他们催着马一溜小跑，神气十足地在昏暗的路上蹄声隆隆而去。 - Her dusky red cheek and tight curls gave her an air of gaiety that seemed unsuitable in a child who should still have been in black for her parents.
她黑里透红的小脸蛋和浓密的卷发使她显得活泼快乐，看上去与一个刚死了爹娘，身上还穿孝服的孩子应该有的表情很不相称。 - A dusky blush rose to her cheek, and he instantly regretted his words.
一片潮红升上她的面颊，他立即懊悔自己说过的话。