dimness

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美

n.  微暗；不清楚；混沌

BNC.27469 / COCA.24017

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (光线)昏暗的，暗淡的
  Dimlight is not bright.
  1. She stood waiting, in the dim light...
     她站在昏暗的光线下等待。
  2. Below decks, the lights were dim.
     船舱里灯光昏暗。
• ADJ-GRADED (地方)昏暗的，阴暗的
  Adimplace is rather dark because there is not much light in it.
  1. The room was dim and cool and quiet.
     房间里阴暗、清冷，静悄悄的。
• ADJ-GRADED (人影、物体)隐约的，蒙眬的，不分明的
  Adimfigure or object is not very easy to see, either because it is in shadow or darkness, or because it is far away.
  1. Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
     皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。
• ADJ-GRADED (记忆、理解)模糊的，依稀的，不清晰的
  If you have adimmemory or understanding of something, it is difficult to remember or is unclear in your mind.
  1. It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
     20 世纪 60 年代的社会激进主义似乎只是一个模糊的记忆。
• ADJ-GRADED (前景)灰暗的，渺茫的，不光明的
  If the future of something isdim, you have no reason to feel hopeful or positive about it.
  1. The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.
     和平解决的希望非常渺茫。
• (人)愚笨的，迟钝的
  If you describe someone asdim, you think that they are stupid.
• V-ERG (使)（灯光）变昏暗;(使)变暗淡
  If youdima light or if itdims, it becomes less bright.
  1. Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a bright light shining in your eyes...
     把灯光调暗一些——躺着时眼前灯光太强很不舒服。
  2. The houselights dimmed.
     观众席的灯暗了下来。
• VERB 将(汽车前灯)调为近光;使减光
  If you are driving a car anddimthe headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers.
  1. Dim your lights behind that car.
     开到那辆车后面时将前灯调为近光。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 dip


• V-ERG (使)(前景、希望等)变渺茫;(使)（感情等）淡化
  If your future, hopes, or emotionsdimor if somethingdimsthem, they become less good or less strong.
  1. Their economic prospects have dimmed...
     他们的经济前景变得很暗淡。
  2. Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
     48 年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。
• V-ERG (使)(视力)变差；（使）看不分明
  If your eyesdimorare dimmedby something, they become weaker or unable to see clearly.
  1. Her eyes dimmed with sorrow...
     悲痛之下，她泪眼蒙眬。
  2. The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.
     他眼中闪烁的光芒被泪水模糊了。
• V-ERG (使)(记忆)变模糊;(使)变得不清晰
  If your memoriesdimor if somethingdimsthem, they become less clear in your mind.
  1. Their memory of what happened has dimmed...
     他们对所发生事情的记忆变得模糊了。
  2. The intervening years had dimmed his memory.
     经过了其间那么多年他的记忆已经不大清楚了。
• totake a dim view→ see:view

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
  Synonym:faintness
• the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
  Synonym:subduedness
• the state of being poorly illuminated
  Synonym:duskiness

双语例句

• It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the dimness.
  过了好一阵他的眼睛才适应了这昏暗的地方。
• Although there are many studies on cotton fiber elongation, the mechanism is still dimness.
  因此，棉纤维伸长机理的研究具有重要的意义。
• Expound the art realm of dimness
  论企慕恍惚的艺术境界
• Things look phantastic in this dimness of the dusk& the spires whose bases are lost in the dark and tree tops like blots of ink.
  暮色朦胧，一切如梦似幻&塔尖的底坐迷失在黑暗中，而树顶却好似点点墨斑。
• Dimness of vision without apparent organic pathology.
  没有明显的机体病变就视力变暗。
• The room was quiet in the dimness of early evening.
  幽暗的黄昏中，房间一片宁静。
• At present, the quality status of college instructors is shown in detail as their non-specialization, the insufficiency of the troop ability, the dimness of their responsibility limits and the difference of individual quality performance.
  目前我国高校辅导员素质现状的具体表现为辅导员的非专业性、队伍能力的不足、职责界定模糊及个体素质表现差异。
• The inner-mechanism of physical and psychological dependence caused by opium, especially the psychological dependence mechanism which determine drug resumption, is still a dimness or at a guess stage basically.
  阿片类所致的身体依赖和精神依赖的内在机理仍很不清楚，特别是对复吸起决定性作用的精神依赖机理的研究，可以说是基本还处于揣测阶段。
• And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
  仰观上天，俯察下地，不料，尽是艰难，黑暗，和幽暗的痛苦。他们必被赶入乌黑的黑暗中去。
• The sunshine breaks through the dimness and lights up everything.
  阳光冲破了阴影，照亮一切。