dark是什么意思( 三 ) _黑暗

Dark应用的最广泛，指能被没有足够的光源看见：
“Under the earth, in the flat, dark air, the wet, gloomy rock gave quarter grudgingly” (Jimmy Breslin) The word can also denote deepness of shade or color (
“在地下，在死气沉沉的、阴暗的空气里，潮湿阴郁的石头不情愿地分开（吉米·布雷斯林）。这个单词也能表示阴影或颜色的深度(
dark brown),absence of cheer (
深褐色)，不高兴(
a dark, somber mood),or lack of rectitude:
不高兴、忧郁的情绪) 或缺乏正直：
“It [gold]serves what life requires,/But dreadful too, the dark Assassin hires”(Alexander Pope)
“它为生活的需要服务，但是也是可怕的，成为邪恶的暗杀团体成员的雇金”（亚历山大教皇）。
Dimsuggests lack of clarity of outline, as of physical entities or mental processes such as recollection:
Dim暗示使轮廓清晰的缺乏，如物理实体或脑力过程的，如回忆：
“life and the memory of it cramped,/dim, on a piece of Bristol board” (Elizabeth Bishop); it can also apply to a source of light to indicate insufficiency:
“生活及其回忆在一块上等板纸上束缚着、模糊着” （伊丽莎白大主教）；它也能用于被表示不足光线的来源：
“storied Windows richly dight,/Casting a dim religious light” (John Milton)
“以历史故事装饰富丽堂皇的窗户，投射了一丝模糊的宗教光线” （约翰·米尔顿）。
Murkyimplies darkness, often extreme, such as that produced by smoke or fog:
Murky意指黑暗，往往是极端的，如由烟或雾致成的：
“an atmosphere murky with sand”(Willa Cather)
由沙子导致的黑暗气氛（威拉·凯瑟）。
“The path was altogether indiscernible in the murky darkness which surrounded them”(Sir Walter Scott) Figuratively it can imply dark vagueness:
“这条小径被围绕在漆黑中难以辨别” （沃尔特·斯科特爵士）。它能象征性地暗示不明确、朦胧模糊：
“the narrow crevice of one good deed in a murky life of guilt” (Charles Dickens)
“在罪恶糊涂的一生中，仅有的一件好事” （查尔斯·狄更斯）。
Duskyapplies principally to the dimness that is characteristic of diminishing light, as at twilight:
Dusky主要指以逐渐减弱的光线为特点的暗淡，如黎明时：
“The dusky night rides down the sky,/And ushers in the morn” (Henry Fielding); it often refers to deepness of shade of a color:
“黑夜驱走了天空/带来了早晨” （亨利·菲尔?。凰Ｖ敢跤盎蜓丈纳疃龋?
“A dusky blush rose to her cheek” (Edith Wharton)
“红晕的羞愧涌上她的面颊” （伊迪斯·华顿）。
Obscureusually means unclear to the mind or senses (
Obscure通常意思是思乡或感觉不清晰 (
an obscure communiqué requiring clarification),but it can refer to physical darkness (