blacken

verb

1. （使）变黑
   to make sth black; to become black
   1. Their faces were blackened with soot.
      他们满脸煤灰。
   2. Smoke had blackened the walls.
      烟把墙壁都熏黑了。
2. 抹黑；丑化；败坏…的名誉
   to say unpleasant things that give people a bad opinion of sb
   1. He accused the newspaper of trying to blacken his name.
      他指责报纸企图败坏他的名声。

1. V-ERG （使）变黑；弄黑；涂黑
   To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
   1. The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth...
      下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。
   2. You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins blacken.
      你得把番茄烤到皮变黑为止。
2. VERB 诬蔑；玷污；给…抹黑
   If someone blackens your character, they make other people believe that you are a bad person.
   1. He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character...
      他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。
   2. They're trying to blacken our name.
      他们企图败坏我们的名声。

1. The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth
   下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。
2. You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins blacken.
   你得把番茄烤到皮变黑为止。
3. He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character
   他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。
4. They're trying to blacken our name.
   他们企图败坏我们的名声。
5. That may explain Chinese men's compulsion to blacken hair, experts say.
   专家们认为，这或许可以解释为何中国男性如此热衷于将头发染黑。
6. The twilight had begun to whiten what was on high and to blacken all below.
   暮色的残晖正开始把上面的东西变白，下面的东西变黑。
7. One way to remove private information from paper documents is to blacken it out with a pen.
   消除纸质文档上隐私信息的一个方法是用笔涂黑。
8. Here the update is used to blacken out all but the area code of the phone number.
   下面的更新“掩盖”电话号码的所有部分，只留下地区编码。
9. They not only blacken themselves but also the baby.
   他们不仅熏黑了自己，还熏黑了宝宝。
10. When Beijing experiences bouts of pollution that blacken the skies and burn the lungs, residents often joke that the Chinese capital needs to build giant fans to clear out the toxic air.
    北京所经历的一轮轮污染，让天空变得灰暗，使人们感到肺部灼烧。居民们经常开玩笑说，北京需要树一些巨型风扇，来把这种有毒空气吹走。
11. Mark out2 little eyes just above it and then blacken his nose.
    之后在其上方画出两只小眼睛并把鼻子涂黑。
12. The candidate's attempt to blacken his opponent's name boomgeranged.
    这位候选人试图涂抹黑对手的名声反受其害。
13. The little boy hit her hard enough to blacken her eye.
    那个小男孩给她重重一击，打青了她的眼睛。
14. Blacken easily with cold bath face?
    用冷水洗脸容易变黑吗？
15. For the sake of their young, they will blacken the skies, and terrorize rainforest floras.
    为了他们的年轻一代，他们就将天空染黑，恐吓热带雨林。
16. Jane scrambled up her hair. The medicated physiotherapeutic comB guarantees to Blacken your hair immediately after comBing it just once.
    简匆匆梳理了一下头发。药物理疗梳，保您一梳即黑。
17. The doctor explains how he can stitch up blood vessels in a healthy limb, causing it to blacken with gangrene over a few days.
    这名医生解释说，他可以将血管缝合到健康的肢体里，使肢体在数天之内因为坏疽而变黑。
18. French spokesmen took pains not to blacken the image of their country.
    法国的发言人尽量小心以避免损坏他们国家的形象。
19. A smear campaign to blacken the labour party.
    败坏工党名誉的诽谤性造谣活动。
20. Don't blacken his good name by spreading lies.
    不要散播谎言诋毁他的名声。
21. Do not blacken your fame, and perish in dishonour!
    不要玷污你的名声，不光彩地毁掉自己！
22. Leaves used for black tea ferment for days before they're heated, causing the leaves to blacken and many chemical changes to happen within them.
    而制作红茶的叶子会在被加热之前先进城数日的发酵，导致这些叶子变成黑色，并且在其中发成多种化学反应。
23. A pernicious campaign to blacken his character
    旨在诋毁他的人格的恶意宣传活动
24. Don't blacken my name by spreading rumors.
    不要散播流言，破坏我的名誉。
25. Blacken sb's character by insinuation.
    含沙射影地贬低某人的品格。
26. When I blacken hair, I have to beat up the drug powder in water.
    我染黑头发时，必须把药粉搅在水里。
27. Mark felt a tinge of jealousy toward John and he tried to blacken the picture.
    马克对约翰有几分嫉妒，因而极力贬低他。
28. I had wondered if Miss Murdstone would try and blacken my name with the Spenlows, but on that first evening she had taken me to one side.
    我不知道摩德斯通小姐是否会在斯本罗一家面前尽力说我的坏话。可当天晚上她把我叫到一边。
29. I don't want to blacken his name, but they say he's involved in a crime.
    我不想进行人身攻击，但他们说他和一件犯罪案有牵连。
30. The Montenegrins suggest that Serbia is now using the Saric affair to blacken Montenegro's name in Brussels.
    黑山共和国称塞尔维亚是在利用萨里奇事件损害黑山在布鲁塞尔的名声。

verb

1. make or become black
   1. The smoke blackened the ceiling
   2. The ceiling blackened

   Synonym:    melanizemelanisenigrifyblack

2. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
   1. The cook blackened the chicken breast
   2. The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
   3. the flames scorched the ceiling

   Synonym:    charsearscorch