black
black
black¹ / blæk ; blæk /
◙adj,blacker, blackest
1. COLOUR 颜色, having the darkest colour, like coal or night
• 黑色的，黑的:
»a black evening dress
黑色晚礼服
»jet / inky black ( = very dark )
乌黑的
»jet black hair
乌黑的头发
2. NO LIGHT 没有光, very dark because there is no light
• 黑暗的，漆黑的:
»It was still pitch black (=very dark) out.
外面依然一片漆黑。
3. PEOPLE 人, also Black
a) belonging to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin 黑色人种的;
--› white :
»Over half the students are black.
有超过一半的学生是黑人。
b. [only before noun] relating to black people
• 黑人的，与黑人有关的:
»politics from a black perspective
黑人政治
»Black and Asian music
黑人音乐和亚洲音乐
4. DRINK 饮料, [only before noun] black coffee or tea does not have milk in it
• 不加奶的;
【OPP】 white
»Black coffee, no sugar, please.
清咖啡，不加糖，谢谢。
5. DIRTY 脏的, [informal] very dirty
• 黑乎乎的，脏的:
»be black with soot / dirt / age etc
黑乎乎布满煤烟/黑乎乎布满灰尘/因年代久远而发黑等
6. WITHOUT HOPE 没有希望, sad and without hope for the future
• 无希望的; 令人沮丧的; 前景暗淡的:
»the blackest period of European history
欧洲历史上最黑暗的一段时间
»a mood of black despair
悲观绝望的心情
»It's been another black day for the car industry with more job losses announced.
汽车工业又经历了一个黑暗的日子，许多工厂宣布进一步裁员。
7. HUMOUR 幽默, making jokes about serious subjects, especially death
• 黑色的〔指拿严肃话题，尤其是死亡开玩笑〕:
»a very black joke
一个很沉重的黑色笑话
8. ANGRY 生气的, [only before noun] full of feelings of anger or hate
• 怒气冲冲的; 充满仇恨的;
--› blackly :
»Denise gave me a black look .
丹尼丝恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。
9. a black mark (against sb), if there is a black mark against you, someone has a bad opinion of you because of something you have done
• （对某人）有看法
10. not be as black as you are painted, not to be as bad as people say you are
• 并不像人们说的那样坏
11. BAD 坏的, [literary] very bad
• 罪恶的，邪恶的:
»black deeds
恶行
♦blackness noun [C]
black²
◙noun
1. [C,U] the dark colour of coal or night
• 黑色:
»You look good wearing black.
你穿黑色衣服挺好看。
--› see COAL-BLACK
2. [C] also Black someone who belongs to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin
• 黑人;
--› white :
»laws that discriminated against blacks
歧视黑人的法律
3. be in the black, to have money in your bank account
• 〔银行存款〕有盈余，有结余;
【OPP】 be in the red
black³
◙verb [T]
1. [BrE] if a TRADE UNION blacks goods or a company, it refuses to work with them
• 〔工会〕抵制，拒绝〔货品或公司〕:
»The union has blacked all non-urgent work.
工会拒绝了所有非紧急的工作。
2. [old-fashioned] to make something black
• 使变黑，弄黑
【PHR V】
◘black out1. to become UNCONSCIOUS
• 昏厥，失去知觉;
【SYN】 faint , pass out :
»For a few seconds, he thought he was going to black out.
有那么一会儿，他觉得自己都快要晕过去了。
2. black sth∽out, to put a dark mark over something so that it cannot be seen
• 盖住某物; 涂黑某物:
»The censors had blacked out several words.
审查员涂掉了几个单词。
3. black sth∽out, to hide or turn off all the lights in a town or city, especially during war
• 〔尤指战时〕对〔城镇或城市〕实行灯火管制;
--› blackout
