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darken

C1 verb

darken /ˈdɑɹkən/ nghĩa là làm tối

Các nghĩa

  1. làm tối

    To make dark or darker by reducing light.

    transitive

    […] they [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened […]

    So spake the Sovran voice, and Clouds began To darken all the Hill […]

    Almos is a hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of sodium darkening its atmosphere.

  2. tối đi

    To become dark or darker (having less light).

    intransitive

    […] the owl and the bat flew round the darkening trees:

    […] leaning at her window she watched the end of that eventful day darken over the ranges.

  3. trời tối

    To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).

    impersonal

    Well, I must go in now; and you too: it darkens.

    From babyhood until fourteen, to play in a garden in the evening when it is darkening is a legend.

    It had been fine all morning, but it was darkening now, the weather was going to get worse.

  4. làm sẫm màu

    To make dark or darker in colour.

    transitive

    She puts on lipstick and darkens her eyebrows, which are now very scanty […]

  5. sẫm màu lại

    To become dark or darker in colour.

    intransitive

    The lovely hair had lost its rose-gold glimmer, and had darkened to rose-brown […]

  6. làm u ám

    To render gloomy, darker in mood.

    transitive

    With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth o’ the feast.

    It was a pleasure seeing you again. I’m only sorry I had to darken the pleasure with my private problems.

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. trở nên u ám

    To become gloomy, darker in mood.

    intransitive

    Alice’s big eyes darkened with trouble.

  2. làm mờ mắt

    To blind, impair the eyesight.

    transitive

    Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see […]

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