英汉词典

black 基本解释

• adj. 黑色的；黑人的；邪恶的
• n. 黑色；黑人；黑颜料
• vt. 使变黑；把鞋油等涂在…上；把（眼眶）打成青肿
• vi. 变黑
• n. (Black)人名；(英、西)布莱克；(德、葡、捷)布拉克

black 词态变化

black 中文词源

来自PIE * bhel, 燃烧，发光。词源同blank, blue. 在古英语里black是一个词义不明确的词，既指黑的，也指白的，或其它颜色。

black 英文词源

black

black: [OE] The usual Old English word for ‘black’ was sweart (source of modern English swart and swarthy, and related to German schwarz ‘black’), but black already existed (Old English blæc), and since the Middle English period it has replaced swart. Related but now extinct forms existed in other Germanic languages (including Old Norse blakkr ‘dark’ and Old Saxon blac ‘ink’), but the word’s ultimate source is not clear. Some have compared it with Latin flagrāre and Greek phlégein, both meaning ‘burn’, which go back to an Indo-European base *phleg-, a variant of *bhleg-.

black (adj.)

Old English blæc "dark," from Proto-Germanic *blakaz "burned" (cognates: Old Norse blakkr "dark," Old High German blah "black," Swedish bläck "ink," Dutch blaken "to burn"), from PIE *bhleg- "to burn, gleam, shine, flash" (cognates: Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin flagrare "to blaze, glow, burn"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn;" see bleach (v.).

The same root produced Old English blac "bright, shining, glittering, pale;" the connecting notions being, perhaps, "fire" (bright) and "burned" (dark). The usual Old English word for "black" was sweart (see swart). According to OED: "In ME. it is often doubtful whether blac, blak, blake, means 'black, dark,' or 'pale, colourless, wan, livid.' " Used of dark-skinned people in Old English.

Of coffee, first attested 1796. Meaning "fierce, terrible, wicked" is late 14c. The color of sin and sorrow since at least c. 1300; sense of "with dark purposes, malignant" emerged 1580s (as in black magic). Black face in reference to a performance style originated in U.S., is from 1868. Black flag, flown (especially by pirates) as a signal of "no mercy," from 1590s. Black dog "melancholy" attested from 1826. Black belt is from 1875 in reference to districts of the U.S. South with heaviest African population; 1870 with reference to fertility of soil; 1913 in judo sense. Black power is from 1966, associated with Stokely Carmichael.

black (v.)

c. 1200, "to become black;" early 14c., "to make black, darken;" from black (adj.). Related: Blacked; blacking.

black (n.)

Old English blæc "the color black," also "ink," from noun use of black (adj.). From late 14c. as "dark spot in the pupil of the eye." The meaning "black person, African" is from 1620s (perhaps late 13c., and blackamoor is from 1540s). To be in the black (1922) is from the accounting practice of recording credits and balances in black ink.

For years it has been a common practice to use red ink instead of black in showing a loss or deficit on corporate books, but not until the heavy losses of 1921 did the contrast in colors come to have a widely understood meaning. ["Saturday Evening Post," July 22, 1922]

black 词组搭配

black 英文释义

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

2. total absence of light;

"they fumbled around in total darkness"

"in the black of night"

3. (board games) the darker pieces

4. black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning);

"the widow wore black"

black 同义词解析

dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey

这些形容词都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。

dark： 最普通用词，指缺乏自然光线或人工照明，使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。

dim： 指光线不足或视力较差，不能清晰地看见物体。

black： 侧重颜色是黑色的，有时也指无光的黑暗。

gloomy： 指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。

obscure： 指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清，失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。

vague： 通常作借喻用，形容抽象事物。

grey与dark意思相近，但侧重阴暗单调的意味。

black 双语例句

1. In " the black cat " the adjective " black " modifies the noun " cat " .

在the black cat这一词组中,形容词 black 修饰名词cat.

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2. Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market.

盗猎者一直在捕捞大麻哈鱼到黑市上去卖。

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3. There is a plentiful supply of arms on the black market.

黑市上有大量武器出售。

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4. I slowly zipped and locked the heavy black nylon bags.

我慢慢地把那些沉重的黑色尼龙袋的拉链拉上并锁好。

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5. She was demurely dressed in a black woollen suit.

她穿了一身黑色羊毛套装，显得很庄重。

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black 实用场景例句

Two black coffees, please.

请来两杯不加牛奶的咖啡。

牛津词典

a shiny black car

发亮的黑汽车

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black storm clouds

带来暴风雨的乌云

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a black night

漆黑的夜晚

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a black woman writer

一位黑人女作家

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black culture

黑人文化

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Remington's operations in Japan are now in the black...

雷明顿在日本的业务现在有盈利。

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Until his finances are in the black I don't want to get married.

在他有银行存款之前，我不想和他结婚。

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Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold.

她经过我的货摊的时候，怒气冲冲地看了几眼还没有卖出去的东西。

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Whenever she refused, he'd beat her black and blue...

只要她拒绝他，他就会把她打得青一块紫一块。

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Bud's nose was still black and blue.

巴德的鼻子还是青一块紫一块的。

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It was, he said later, one of the blackest days of his political career...

后来他说，这是他政治生涯中最黑暗的日子之一。

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The future for the industry looks even blacker.

这个产业的前景看起来更加暗淡。

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In late 1975, she fell into a black depression...

在1975年底，她陷入了情绪的低谷。

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Her mood was blacker than ever.

她的心情从未如此低落过。

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I think their crime is a blacker one than mere exploitation.

我想他们的罪行比单纯的剥削更残忍。

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...the blackest laws in the country's history.

这个国家历史上最严酷的法律

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'So you can all go over there and get shot,' he said, with the sort of black humour common among British troops here...

“所以你们都可以到那里去挨枪子儿，”他说道，口吻中透着这里英国部队惯用的黑色幽默。

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It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.

这是一个关于种族歧视、身份错位和期望落空的黑色喜剧。

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He was also alleged to have conducted black magic ceremonies...

据称他还做了法。

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The King was unjustly accused of practising the black arts.

国王被诬陷施行妖术。

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Her husband blacked her eye...

她丈夫把她的眼睛打青了。

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Their mother was trying to hide her two blacked eyes.

他们的母亲想遮住自己被打青的双眼。

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I drink coffee black.

我喝咖啡不加奶。

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He had thick black hair...

他的头发乌黑浓密。

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He worked for the rights of black people...

他为争取黑人权利而工作。

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Sherry is black, tall, slender and soft-spoken.

谢里是个黑人，身材高挑，细声细语。

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There are about thirty-one million blacks in the US.

美国大约有3,100万黑人。

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A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories...

一杯不加牛奶的茶或咖啡不含热量。

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She was wearing a black coat with a white collar...

她穿着一件白领黑外套。

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