darkening

英 [ˈdɑːkənɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːrkənɪŋ]

v. (使)变暗，变黑; (使)忧郁，生气，不快
darken的现在分词

现在分词：darkening　

BNC.23698 / COCA.19550

柯林斯词典

V-ERG (使)变黑;(使)变深;(使)变暗
If somethingdarkensor if a person or thingdarkensit, it becomes darker.
1. The sky darkened abruptly...
  天突然暗了下来。
2. She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.
  她已化好妆，并涂黑了睫毛。
V-ERG (使)变得阴郁;(使)心情沉重
If someone's mooddarkensor if somethingdarkenstheir mood, they suddenly become rather unhappy.
1. My sunny mood suddenly darkened...
  我的好心情突然变得阴郁起来。
2. Nothing was going to darken his mood today.
  今天什么都不会影响到他的心情。
VERB (脸色)变阴沉;(面)有愠色
If someone's facedarkens, they suddenly look angry.
1. Rawley's face darkened again.
  罗利的脸色又阴沉下来。

英英释义

noun

changing to a darker color
Synonym:blackening

adj

becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
1. the darkening sky

双语例句

So far, at least, there is one bright spot in the darkening economic picture.
到目前为止，日益黯淡的经济图景中至少还有一个亮点。
"It's in our genes to go through this stuff," Kennedy said Thursday as he stood on the beach, looking southeast over the roaring ocean and darkening sky.
“它的基因在我们经历这些东西，”肯尼迪说，周四，他站在海滩上，看天空在轰鸣的东南海洋和变黑。
He studied the contour of her face, silhouetted against the darkening sky.
他仔细端详她的脸在夜空中的映出的轮廓线。
Vignetting refers to the lightening or darkening of the edges of an image.
虚光照是指增亮或是调暗图片的边缘。
On bright and calm days they lie in thousands on the now darkening water.
在平和晴朗的日子里，千万片树叶落在此时色泽渐渐转暗的湖面上。
The condition can lead to permanent darkening of the skin, and in rare cases, damage that leads to skin cancers.
这种疾病可能导致永久的皮肤变黑，并且在罕见的病例中，损害导致皮肤癌。
With the economic picture darkening daily, the burden of preventing another slump is falling on the White House and Congress.
随着经济形势每况愈下，防止经济二次探底的重担就落在了白宫和国会的肩上。
It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
When I'm having doubts about what I'm feeling And future worries are darkening my mind.
当我在怀疑什么，我现在的感觉及未来的忧虑是败坏了我的心声。