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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.

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。

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（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.

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

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黑人（可能具冒犯意味）

Black people are sometimes referred to as blacks. 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。

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（咖啡、茶）不加牛奶（或奶油）的

Black coffee 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。

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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.

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。

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（情绪）沮丧的，低落的，忧郁的

If someone is in a black mood, 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。

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残忍的；恶毒的；邪恶的

You use black to 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

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（幽默）黑色的

Black humour 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。

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巫术的；妖术的

People who believe in black magic 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。

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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.

1. Her husband blacked her eye...

   她丈夫把她的眼睛打青了。

2. 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。

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（伤得）青一块紫一块

If you say that someone is black 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。

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有盈余；有结余

If a person or an organization is in 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。

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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.

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。

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颜色

colour

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黑的；黑色的

having the very darkest colour, like night or coal

3

发亮的黑汽车

a shiny black car

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带来暴风雨的乌云

black storm clouds

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无光线

with no light

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黑暗的；漆黑的

without light; completely dark

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漆黑的夜晚

a black night

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人

people

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黑色人种的；黑人的

belonging to a race of people who have dark skin; connected with black people

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一位黑人女作家

a black woman writer

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黑人文化

black culture

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茶；咖啡

tea/coffee

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不加牛奶的

without milk

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请来两杯不加牛奶的咖啡。

Two black coffees, please.

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肮脏

dirty

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很脏的；布满污垢的

very dirty; covered with dirt

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满布烟尘的烟囱

chimneys black with smoke

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洗洗手去，你的手脏极了！

Go and wash your hands; they're absolutely black!

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愤怒

angry

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愤怒的；仇恨的

full of anger or hatred

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她一整天都心情很坏。

She's been in a really black mood all day.

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罗里愤怒地瞪了她一眼。

Rory shot her a black look.

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令人沮丧

depressing

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无希望的；令人沮丧的

without hope; very depressing

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前景看来很暗淡。

The future looks pretty black.

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东北部又经历了一个黑色的日子，当地公布的失业人数再度上升。

It's been another black day for the north-east with the announcement of further job losses.

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邪恶

evil

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邪恶的；不道德的

evil or immoral

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邪恶行为；昧良心的谎言

black deeds/lies

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幽默

humour

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黑色的（以幽默的方式对待讨厌的或可怕的事物，如凶杀）

dealing with unpleasant or terrible things, such as murder, in a humorous way

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“真是个掩埋尸体的风水宝地。”她以黑色幽默打趣道。

‘Good place to bury the bodies,’ she joked with black humour .

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那是个黑色喜剧。

The play is a black comedy .

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她凝视着外面黑沉沉的夜色。

She peered out into the blackness of the night.

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（把某人打得）青一块紫一块，伤痕斑斑

(to hit sb until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body)

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不像别人说的那么坏

not as bad as people say he/she/it is

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他不太友善，但也不像别人说的那么坏。

He's not very friendly, but he's not as black as he's painted.

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锅笑壶黑；五十步笑百步；乌鸦说猪黑

used to say that you should not criticize sb for a fault that you have yourself

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颜色

colour

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黑色

the very darkest colour, like night or coal

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夜空的漆黑

the black of the night sky

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参加葬礼的人都身着黑服。

Everyone at the funeral was dressed in black.

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人

people

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黑色人种的人；黑人

a member of a race of people who have dark skin

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有盈余；有结余

to have money, for example in your bank account

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（照片、电视等）黑白的

having no colours except black, white and shades of grey (in photographs, on television, etc.)

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黑白电影

a film made in black and white

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黑白照片

black-and-white photos

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白纸黑字；书写的；印刷的

in writing or in print

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我从未想到他们会在头版把它登出来。

I never thought they'd put it in black and white on the front page.

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黑白分明（好坏、是非等清楚的）

in a way that makes people or things seem completely bad or good, or completely right or wrong

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那是个复杂的问题，但他却只看到对与错的分别。

It's a complex issue, but he only sees it in black and white.

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这不是个非此即彼的决定。

This is not a black-and-white decision (= where the difference between two choices is completely clear).

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抵制；拒绝处理（货物）；拒绝（同某人做生意）

to refuse to deal with goods or to do business with sb as a political protest

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工会拒绝处理从这个国家进口的所有货物。

The unions have blacked all imports from the country.

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使变黑；染黑；涂黑

to make sth black

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暂时失去知觉；昏厥

to become unconscious for a short time

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司机很可能在开车时昏厥了。

The driver had probably blacked out at the wheel.

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使（某处）变黑暗

to make a place dark by turning off lights, covering windows, etc.

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昨晚停电造成整个城市一片漆黑。

A power failure blacked out the city last night.

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窗户被遮住不透光的房子

a house with blacked out windows

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涂掉（文章）；截断（电视广播）；封锁（新闻）

to prevent sth such as a piece of writing or a television broadcast from being read or seen

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为安全起见，这份文件的一些句子被涂掉了。

Some lines of the document have been blacked out for security reasons.

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black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

例子:

1. the widow wore black

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(board games) the darker pieces

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the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

近义词: blackness,inkiness

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total absence of light

例子:

1. they fumbled around in total darkness
2. in the black of night

近义词: total darkness,lightlessness,blackness,pitch blackness

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make or become black

例子:

1. The smoke blackened the ceiling
2. The ceiling blackened

近义词: blacken,melanize,melanise,nigrify

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marked by anger or resentment or hostility

例子:

1. black looks
2. black words

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of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin

例子:

1. a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr

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extremely dark

例子:

1. a black moonless night
2. through the pitch-black woods
3. it was pitch-dark in the cellar

近义词: pitch-black,pitch-dark

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being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness;having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

例子:

1. black leather jackets
2. as black as coal
3. rich black soil

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(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

例子:

1. a face black with fury

近义词: blackened

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soiled with dirt or soot

例子:

1. with feet black from playing outdoors
2. his shirt was black within an hour

近义词: smutty

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(of coffee) without cream or sugar

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(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;bringing ruin

例子:

1. the stock market crashed on Black Friday
2. a calamitous defeat
3. the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
4. such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwi
5. it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthu
6. a fateful error

近义词: calamitous,disastrous,fatal,fateful

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stemming from evil characteristics or forces;wicked or dishonorable

例子:

1. black deeds
2. a black lie
3. his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
4. Darth Vader of the dark side
5. a dark purpose
6. dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
7. the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hard

近义词: dark,sinister

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(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

例子:

1. Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carso
2. an ignominious retreat
3. inglorious defeat
4. an opprobrious monument to human greed
5. a shameful display of cowardice

近义词: disgraceful,ignominious,inglorious,opprobrious,shameful

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offering little or no hope

例子:

1. the future looked black
2. prospects were bleak
3. Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Syng
4. took a dim view of things

近义词: bleak,dim

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distributed or sold illicitly

例子:

1. the black economy pays no taxes

近义词: bootleg,black-market,contraband,smuggled

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(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

例子:

1. black propaganda

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harshly ironic or sinister

例子:

1. black humor
2. a grim joke
3. grim laughter
4. fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit

近义词: grim,mordant