新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

black

英  [blæk]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1黑色人种的

    A black person belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race originally from Africa.

    双语例句

    例:

    He worked for the rights of black people.

    他为黑人的权利而工作。

    例:

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

    谢里是黑人,个头高挑、身材苗条、说话语调轻柔。

    2(咖啡、茶)不加牛奶或奶油的

    Black coffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    一杯红茶或黑咖啡不含任何卡路里。

    3糟糕的

    If you describe a situation as black, you are emphasizing that it is very bad indeed.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    后来他说,那一天是他政治生涯中最糟糕的日子之一。

    4郁闷的

    If someone is in a black mood, they feel very miserable and depressed.

    双语例句

    例:

    In late 1975, she fell into a black depression.

    1975年末,她陷入极度消沉中。

    COLOUR. 色彩词
  • 1黑色的

    Something that is black is of the darkest colour that there is, the colour of the sky at night when there is no light at all.

    双语例句

    例:

    She was wearing a black coat with a white collar.

    她穿着一件白领黑上衣。

    例:

    He had thick black hair.

    他有着浓密乌黑的头发。

    NOUN. 名词
  • blacks

    1[C 可数名词] 黑人

    Black people are sometimes referred to as blacks. This use could cause offence.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    美国大约有三千一百万黑人。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • blacks , blacking , blacked

    black out

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 暂时失去知觉

    If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.

    近义词

    pass out

    双语例句

    例:

    I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out.

    我能感到血从脸上淌下来。我不知道自己是不是要昏过去了。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 使变成一片漆黑

    If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply.

    双语例句

    例:

    Large parts of Lima were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up.

    电缆塔被炸后,利马城的大部分地区陷入一片黑暗。

    3[PHRASAL 短语] 禁止播放 , 禁止出版

    If a film or a piece of writing is blacked out, it is prevented from being broadcast or published, usually because it contains information which is secret or offensive.

    近义词

    censor

    双语例句

    例:

    TV pictures of the demonstration were blacked out.

    这次示威游行的电视报道被禁播了。

    4[PHRASAL 短语] 用黑色涂掉(文字等)

    If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen.

    近义词

    censor

    双语例句

    例:

    British government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use.

    英国政府的专家们检查了每一页,用黑色涂掉任何可能被外国情报专家利用的信息。

    5[PHRASAL 短语] 试图抹掉(记忆)

    If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you.

    近义词

    blot out

    双语例句

    例:

    I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. It was the easiest way of coping.

    我试图不去想它,将其从记忆中抹去。这是最容易的处理办法了。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • be in the black

    1不欠债

    If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    雷明顿在日本的经营现在没有赤字。