blacking

[英] [ˈblækiŋ] [美] [ˈblækɪŋ] 生词本

n.

v.

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1. COLOUR 黑色 Something that is black is of the darkest colour that there is, the colour of the sky at night when there is no light at all. 
  • She was wearing a black coat with a white collar...

    她穿着一件白领黑外套。

  • He had thick black hair...

    他的头发乌黑浓密。

  • I wear a lot of black...

    我经常穿黑色衣服。

2. ADJ (人)黑色人种的;(尤指)非洲黑人的 A black person belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race from Africa. 
  • He worked for the rights of black people...

    他为争取黑人权利而工作。

  • Sherry is black, tall, slender and soft-spoken.

    谢里是个黑人,身材高挑,细声细语。

  • ...the traditions of the black community.

    黑人社区的传统

3. N-COUNT 黑人(可能具冒犯意味) Black people are sometimes referred to as blacks. This use could cause offence. 
  • There are about thirty-one million blacks in the US.

    美国大约有3,100万黑人。

4. ADJ (咖啡、茶)不加牛奶(或奶油)的 Black coffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it. 
  • 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。

  • I drink coffee black.

    我喝咖啡不加奶。

5. ADJ-GRADED 极糟糕的;坏透顶的;黑暗的 If you describe a situation as black, you are emphasizing that it is very bad indeed. 
  • 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。

  • The future for the industry looks even blacker.

    这个产业的前景看起来更加暗淡。

6. ADJ-GRADED (情绪)沮丧的,低落的,忧郁的 If someone is in a black mood, they feel very miserable and depressed. 
  • In late 1975, she fell into a black depression...

    在1975年底,她陷入了情绪的低谷。

  • Her mood was blacker than ever.

    她的心情从未如此低落过。

7. ADJ-GRADED 残忍的;恶毒的;邪恶的 You use black to describe things that you consider to be very cruel or wicked. 
  • 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。

  • ...the blackest laws in the country's history.

    这个国家历史上最严酷的法律

8. ADJ-GRADED (幽默)黑色的 Black humour involves jokes about sad or difficult situations. 
  • '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。

  • 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。

9. ADJ 巫术的;妖术的 People who believe in black magic believe that it is possible to communicate with evil spirits. 
  • He was also alleged to have conducted black magic ceremonies...

    据称他还做了法。

  • The King was unjustly accused of practising the black arts.

    国王被诬陷施行妖术。

10. VERB See also: black eye; 把(眼睛)打得发青 If someone blacks another person's eye, they punch or hit that person in the eye, causing it to bruise and look black. 
  • Her husband blacked her eye...

    她丈夫把她的眼睛打青了。

  • Their mother was trying to hide her two blacked eyes.

    他们的母亲想遮住自己被打青的双眼。

11. PHRASE (伤得)青一块紫一块 If you say that someone is black and blue, you mean that they are badly bruised. 
  • 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。

  • Bud's nose was still black and blue.

    巴德的鼻子还是青一块紫一块的。

12. PHRASE 有盈余;有结余 If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money. 
  • Remington's operations in Japan are now in the black...

    雷明顿在日本的业务现在有盈利。

  • 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。

13. PHRASE 怒视;恶狠狠的盯视 If someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something. 
  • 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。

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