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美:[ˈdʌski]
英:[ˈdʌski]
美:[ˈdʌski]
dusk·y
duh ski
比较级:duskier
最高级:duskiest
duskily (adv.), duskiness (n.)
词根:dusk
adj.dusk 微暗的
n.dusk 黄昏,薄暮;幽暗,昏暗
duskiness 微暗;微黑
vi.dusk 变微暗
vt.dusk 使变微暗
Adjective
1. lighted by or as if by twilight;
"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
"the twilight glow of the sky"
"a boat on a twilit river"
2. naturally having skin of a dark color;
"a dark-skinned beauty"
"gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
"a smile on his swarthy face"
"`swart' is archaic"
1550年代,“有点暗,不明亮,昏暗的”; 见 dusk + -y(2)。 “-y 形容词的正常来源是名词; 但是 dusk 名词的使用在 dusky 出现的早期并不为人所知,因此后者似乎是次要形容词的罕见实例…” [OED]。 “相当黑色,深色”的意思来自1570年代。 相关: Duskily; duskiness。
The first known use of dusky was in 1542
dutiableadjective
subject to a tax
dustyadjective
filled or covered with dust
resembling dust
dusty soil
dust1 of 2noun
fine dry powdery particles (as of earth)
a fine powder
the powdery remains of bodies once alive
something worthless
the surface of the ground
dust2 of 2verb
to make free of dust : brush or wipe away dust
dusted the living room
to sprinkle with dust or as a dust dust insecticide on plants
dust a pan with flour
dustpannoun
a pan shaped like a shovel for sweepings
dust1 of 2noun
fine dry powdery particles (as of earth)
a fine powder
the powdery remains of bodies once alive
something worthless
the surface of the ground
dust2 of 2verb
to make free of dust : brush or wipe away dust
dusted the living room
to sprinkle with dust or as a dust dust insecticide on plants
dust a pan with flour
dustyadjective
filled or covered with dust
resembling dust
dusty soil
dustyadjective
filled or covered with dust
resembling dust
dusty soil
dusternoun
one that dusts
a loose-fitting usually lightweight long coat called alsoduster coat
a dress-length housecoat
one that scatters fine particlesespecially: a device for applying insecticidal or fungicidal dusts to crops compare crop duster
duskyadjective
somewhat dark in color
somewhat dark : dim
a dusky room
1 The word “sensual” is not intended to bring to mind quivering dusky maidens or priapic black studs.
2 The inside of the cottage is dusky as the fading light rests at the tops of the trees.
3 So, to Ursula's EAR, the tune fell out, drop by drop, from the unseen sky on the dusky town.
尤秀拉听见旋律从看不见的天空传到黄昏的小镇上,一点点微弱下去。
4 There, on the inmost shore, an olive tree throws wide its boughs over the bay; nearby a cave of dusky light is hidden for those immortal girls, the Naiades.
5 He was walking down the road one dusky Friday evening.
在一个漆黑的周五夜晚他沿路走着。
6 The air in the barn was dusky in advance of the outside day.
7 The leaves were falling, rolling in dusky clouds, and the conifers on the slopes were crusted with snow.
8 Dusky Sound to follow and discover the different groups of dolphins.
跟踪和探索不同种群的海豚.
9 It was dusky in the path, and dark in the woods.
10 Even in the dusky light, I’m sure they can make out my patches.
11 The bodice was embroidered with hundreds of tiny crystal beads in a complex pattern of flowers, and in the dusky light that came through the window, the bodice shimmered like the scales of a fish.
12 The house was dusky with dawnlight creeping in around the edges of the blinds.
13 The heron flew up, his great wings beating as fast as my heart, and melted into the dusky sky.
14 the dusky light inside the cave
洞中昏暗的光线
15 I peered into the darkness, but all I could see was the faint outline of far away mountains against the dusky horizon.
16 Outside the wood, the field was still bright with evening sunshine, but among the firs the light was dusky and here the bats were coming and going thickly.
17 Her cheeks were staining a dusky purple as she tugged the hem of her dress, as if she could will it longer simply by sheer physical strength.
18 Will the sun forget to streak Eastern skies with amber ray, When the dusky shades to break He unbars the gates of day?
19 The immature Blue-faced Booby is dusky-brown with a white belly.
20 In the blue-gray sky he could see their dusky shapes wheeling lower and lower, and he quickened his retreat.
2 阴暗的
tenebrific sun wan dull shady murky gloomy shadowy dun sable grey clouded darkish stygian chthonic darksome tenebrous disconsolate fuliginous tenebrificate
3 阴沉
tenebrific gray dull moody melancholy gloomy lowering dreary morbid somber sullen dour sunless sulky mirthless clouded doleful sepulchral lowery saturnine tenebrous disconsolate drearisome dourly sombrely duskily dullness cloudiness sullenness
4 黝黑
6 朦胧
misty foggy hazy crepuscular dimly dim twilight cloudy fuzzy opaque dusk veiled nebulous filmy film shade haze opacity obscurity fog neutral distant obscure indistinct bleary twilit blear faraway gloom blur
7 阴沉的
tenebrific gray dull moody melancholy gloomy lowering dreary morbid somber sullen dour sunless sulky mirthless clouded doleful sepulchral lowery saturnine tenebrous disconsolate drearisome
9 昏暗的
dim murky crepuscular twilit dull obscure dusk murk caliginous dark shadowy dingy sombre grey darkling wan unlit
11 阴郁的
driegh blue dark brown gray cloudy dusk desolate overcast dreary somber austere sullen dour morose sunless sulky funereal saturnine dreich dree defunctive grum subfusc funebrial smileless
12 暗淡的
quiet dirty pale faint sober dingy sombre dead WAN dusty dusk lacklustre blear subfusc black dark boring dull dim bleak dismal colourless pallid matt cheerless fishy low thin muddy muted neutral watery blue wan sickly dimmish
14 暗黑
18 阴郁
driegh blue dark brown gray cloudy dusk desolate overcast dreary somber austere sullen dour morose sunless sulky funereal saturnine dreich dree defunctive grum subfusc funebrial smileless blackly shadow sadden
21 昏暗
dim murky crepuscular twilit gloom murk dark dull shadowy dingy sombre grey darkling dimly obscurity wan unlit
22 幽暗的
23 暗淡
quiet dirty pale faint sober dingy sombre dimly black dark boring dull dim bleak dismal colourless pallid matt cheerless blackness dullness dimness dinginess wanness low thin muddy muted eclipse tarnish blue neutral wan sickly dimmish dingily sickliness scumble extinguish obfuscate
24 黑黝黝的
28 朦胧的
misty foggy hazy crepuscular dim twilight cloudy fuzzy opaque dusk veiled nebulous filmy neutral distant obscure indistinct bleary twilit blear faraway
29 灰
30 忧郁的
die-away black blue heavy yellow oppressive melancholy dismal dreary sombre melancholic plaintive dumpy hipped black-faced languishing saturnine atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish
31 皮肤黝黑的
32 阴暗
tenebrific sun wan dull shady murky gloomy shadowy dun sable grey murk clouded darkish stygian chthonic darksome tenebrous disconsolate fuliginous shadily shadow shade darkness obscure cloudiness obscuration shadiness tenebrificate bedim
33 柔和
light soft gentle delicate silky subdued luscious understated velvety silken softly cushion soften mellow tone down
34 浅黑的
36 忧郁
die-away black blue heavy yellow oppressive melancholy dismal dreary sombre melancholic plaintive dumpy hipped black-faced languishing saturnine atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish nagrams nerve oppression hump spleen gloom doldrums sullen mope tristesse cafard megrim mulligrubs overcloud hip sober hyp black dog
38 暗黑的