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词根:obscurant
adj.obscurant 反启蒙主义的
n.obscurant 反启蒙主义者;蒙昧主义者
adjective
dark, dim
the obscure dusk of the shuttered room
shrouded in or hidden by darkness
standing obscure in the deepest shade
not clearly seen or easily distinguished : faint
obscure markings
not readily understood or clearly expressedalso: mysterious
a slough of pretentious and obscure jargon —Philip Howard
relatively unknown: such as
remote, secluded
an obscure village
not prominent or famous
an obscure poet
constituting the unstressed vowel \ə\ or having unstressed \ə\ as its value
verb
transitive verb
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
The soot on the lampshade obscured the light.
to conceal or hide by or as if by covering
… snow on glaciers can obscure deep crevasses.—Tom Simon
to reduce (a vowel) to the value \ə\
noun
obscurity
1540年代,“变黑; 变得黑暗的状态”,源自拉丁语 obscurationem(主格为 obscuratio),意为“变黑、昏暗”,是动词 obscurare 的名词形式,该动词意为“使变暗、变黑、变得模糊”,源自 obscurus(参见 obscure 形容词)。
Adjective Middle English, "dark, unenlightened, incomprehensible," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French oscur, obscur "dark, dull, enigmatic," borrowed from Latin obscūrus "dim, dark, appearing faintly, imperfectly known, concealed from knowledge, incomprehensible," of uncertain origin Note: Latin obscūrus has traditionally been linked to a presumed Indo-European verbal base *skeu̯- "cover, conceal," and hence to an assortment of Germanic etyma, most formed with hypothesized root extensions of this base (compare shower >entry 1, sky >entry 1)—hence, J. Pokorny, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, p. 951, American Heritage Dictionary, Oxford Latin Dictionary, and the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition. However, etymological work of the last half-century has thrown doubt on the existence of such an etymon; in particular, the Sanskrit verb skunā́ti, glossed as "covers," has now been judged a late and isolated semantic development of a verb that meant "push, poke" in Vedic. The difficulty with any analysis of obscūrus that posits a meaning "cover" for -scūr- is that it makes little sense semantically compounded with the prefix and preposition ob(s)- "facing, in front of, toward/against" (compare ob oculōs "before one's eyes," obviam "in the way of"). It is not even certain that the word is correctly parsed as ob-scūrus, rather than obs-cūrus, as has been proposed by E. Hamp ("Some Italic and Celtic correspondences II," Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung, 96. Band, 1. Heft [1982/83], pp. 98-99). While acknowledging this problem, M. de Vaan suggests a relationship with the bases of Latin scaevus "left-hand" and obscēnus, obscaenus "ill-omened" (see obscene), though he admits that supporting cognates in other Indo-European languages are lacking (Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008). Verb Middle English obscuren, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French obscurer, oscurir, borrowed from Latin obscūrāre "to darken, eclipse, dim, conceal from knowledge, make difficult to comprehend," verbal derivative of obscūrus "dim, dark, imperfectly known, concealed from knowledge, incomprehensible" — more at obscure >entry 1 Noun derivative of obscure >entry 1
The first known use of obscure was in the 15th century
observableadjective
able to be observed : noticeable
obsequiousadjective
overly eager to help or obey at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor
obsequiousadjective
overly eager to help or obey at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor
obsequiousadjective
overly eager to help or obey at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor
obscuritynoun
something that is obscure
the quality or state of being obscure
obscure1 of 2adjective
not having enough light : dark, gloomy
not clearly seen : faint
obscure markings
not easily understood or not clearly expressed
an obscure passage
hidden from view : remote
an obscure village
not widely known
an obscure poet
obscure2 of 2verb
to make obscure
obscure1 of 2adjective
not having enough light : dark, gloomy
not clearly seen : faint
obscure markings
not easily understood or not clearly expressed
an obscure passage
hidden from view : remote
an obscure village
not widely known
an obscure poet
obscure2 of 2verb
to make obscure
obscure1 of 2adjective
not having enough light : dark, gloomy
not clearly seen : faint
obscure markings
not easily understood or not clearly expressed
an obscure passage
hidden from view : remote
an obscure village
not widely known
an obscure poet
obscure2 of 2verb
to make obscure
obscure1 of 2adjective
not having enough light : dark, gloomy
not clearly seen : faint
obscure markings
not easily understood or not clearly expressed
an obscure passage
hidden from view : remote
an obscure village
not widely known
an obscure poet
obscure2 of 2verb
to make obscure
1 Deal with the causes of obscuration, not with the sun.
(比如眼翳)需要治理的是障碍的成因,而非太阳。
2 The movie is full of obscure references that only pop culture enthusiasts will understand.
3 The origins of the language are obscure.
4 The true history has been obscured by legends about what happened.
5 They accused the company of trying to obscure the fact that the product poses a health risk.
6 Many people shared an obscure sense of gratification that [Dylan] Thomas had died young, as a poet should.
7 But by 1830 the Boston Mission Board was desperate enough that it targeted an obscure sect of Oriental Christians, the Nestorians in faraway Iran, as a possibility for conversion.
8 I knew they were special from their jeans and T-shirts, their knowing, ironic looks when obscure works of literature were referred to.
9 Now at last Bacon could refer when he chose to his father's high position and his father's service—and no man could say it was done for self-aggrandizement, as a son who is obscure bespeaks the glory of past forebears.
10 Throughout this book, the ground of fact becomes obscured entirely by a deep layer of speculative quicksand.
11 But evening comes or even noon and some combination of nervous tensions obscures my memories of what whiskey costs me in the way of physical and intellectual well-being.
12 … [Mr. Schuller's] … "Early Jazz" brought a sometimes Olympian precision to writing about an art that has often languished in the whale's belly of sociology, obscured by pretension and blubbery thinking.
13 It was eight o'clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and mountains, obscured in darkness, yet still displaying their black outlines.
14 … who shall … through the palpable obscure find out his uncouth way … ?
15 More than 135 years later, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, is warning university presidents that pro-Palestine protesters could run afoul of that same obscure law, turning minor trespassing violations into career-altering felonies.
16 The change came in an obscure provision of a 341-page bill.
17 Smoke obscuration test applied to measure and assess the potential hazard to the obscuration of smoke.
烟模糊试验适用于测量和评估这种危险性.
1 阴暗
infuscate heavy grave dull obscure shady gloomy shadowy overcast dingy umbral darksome sulkily gloomily somberly blackly shadily shadow shade gloom obscurity gloominess shadiness bedim overcloud tenebrific sun wan murky dun dusky sable grey murk clouded darkish stygian chthonic tenebrous disconsolate fuliginous darkness cloudiness tenebrificate
3 昏暗
dark obscure dim twilight murky gloomy somber dingy crepuscular Cimmerian caliginous shadow blur dusk gloom obscurity shadowland blind
4 暗淡
subfuscous old black dead gray mat wan pale dull faint dim muddy gloomy somber sickly sadly dimly overshade overshadow muffle obfuscate
5 掩星
7 朦胧
soft obscure vague cloudy foggy hazy crepuscular twilit dimly blearily fuzzily darkling mistily cloudily filmily cloud fog obscurity cloudiness dreamworld dimness haziness mistiness mist haze dream dim twilight misty dreamy ghostly shadowy woolly nebulous indistinct filmy diaphanous vaporous blear dimmish darkly gloom nebulosity shadow bedim
8 遮蔽
cover shelter eclipse defilade screen shadow shade mask curtain obscure overshadow blot occlude adumbrate
9 晦涩