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

She gazed at him, her eyes darkening with a curious expression of dislike and distrust as he silently turned away.
她死盯着他，眼神越来越阴沉，显出一种对他又厌恶又怀疑的奇怪表情，这时他只好默不作声地把脸转了过去。
They also block out the noise of the content beneath the window by darkening the area around it with a shadow.
它们利用阴影来暗化窗口周围的区域以达到降低窗口下面内容所引起的噪音。
The shadow of the moon can be seen darkening part of earth.
月亮的影子可以在被黑暗笼罩的地球表面看见。
Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
She went down to the river bank, and stood gazing at a moon streak on the darkening water.
她走到河边，河面已经暗了下来，她站在那里凝望水上的一痕月光。
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。
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。
It's not a moment too soon, as the early south west monsoon rains are already darkening the sky.
这一刻不会太久，因为天空已然暗下来，早期的西南季风雨已经来了。
It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer.
它似乎吸收了渐渐转暗的大地的光亮，因为随着它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷变得愈来愈暗淡朦胧。
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。