喜樂美語

Picture the light going out: nothing has been added to the room, something has been taken away, and now you cannot see what is there. That missing-light state is the whole word — and because not being able to see is , English also uses it for evil.

可以想成：燈熄了。房間裡沒有多出任何東西，是有東西被拿走了，於是你看不見裡面有什麼。這個「光不見了」的狀態就是這個字的全部；也因為看不見會讓人不安，英文才用同一個字來講邪惡。

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同家族的字

意思相近

darkevilblacknesswickednessgloomthe dark sidedimnessthe darkdepthdeepnessrichness

意思相反

lightbrightnessgoodnessdaylightvirtueglarelightnesspaleness

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

darknessnoun/ˈdɑːk.nəs/

  • 1

    The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

    • The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
    • Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.
  • 2

    The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

    • The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
  • 3

    Any space that such colour pervades.

    • Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
  • 4

    Gloom; gloominess; depression.

  • 5

    The product of being dark.

  • 6

    Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.

    • And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness.
  • 7

    Secrecy; concealment.

  • 8

    Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

    • It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.

    • My own dim life should teach me this, ⁠That life shall live for evermore, ⁠Else earth is darkness at the core, And dust and ashes all that is; […]
  • 10

    Hell.

    • Shepard: Can you tell me anything about the beacon? Dr. Warren: It's some type of data module from a galaxy-wide communications network. Remarkably well-preserved. It could be the greatest scientific discovery of our lifetime! Dr. Warren: Miraculous new technologies. Groundbreaking medical advances. Who knows what secrets are locked inside? Dr. Manuel: We have unearthed the heart of evil. Awakened the beast. Unleashed the darkness.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。