darkening

1. V-ERG (使)变黑;(使)变深;(使)变暗
   If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
   1. The sky darkened abruptly...
      天突然暗了下来。
   2. She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.
      她已化好妆，并涂黑了睫毛。
2. V-ERG (使)变得阴郁;(使)心情沉重
   If someone's mood darkens or if something darkens their mood, they suddenly become rather unhappy.
   1. My sunny mood suddenly darkened...
      我的好心情突然变得阴郁起来。
   2. Nothing was going to darken his mood today.
      今天什么都不会影响到他的心情。
3. VERB (脸色)变阴沉;(面)有愠色
   If someone's face darkens, they suddenly look angry.
   1. Rawley's face darkened again.
      罗利的脸色又阴沉下来。

1. With the economic picture darkening daily, the burden of preventing another slump is falling on the White House and Congress.
   随着经济形势每况愈下，防止经济二次探底的重担就落在了白宫和国会的肩上。
2. They paused in their preparations to watch it climb higher and higher, now black against the rapidly darkening sky, until it vanished over a nearby mountain.
   他们暂时停止了准备工作，看着它越飞越高，黑色的身影映在迅速暗下来的天空中，直到消失在不远处的山峰后。
3. Back therefore to my darkening path again!
   因此重新回到我那暗淡的小径中来吧！
4. When I'm having doubts about what I'm feeling And future worries are darkening my mind.
   当我在怀疑什么，我现在的感觉及未来的忧虑是败坏了我的心声。
5. The condition can lead to permanent darkening of the skin, and in rare cases, damage that leads to skin cancers.
   这种疾病可能导致永久的皮肤变黑，并且在罕见的病例中，损害导致皮肤癌。
6. Reduction in growth rate and vigour. Darkening of the leaves. Decreased drought resistance.
   生长速度和活力下降。叶色变暗。抗旱能力下降。
7. Look for signs of a developing thunderstorm such as darkening skies, flashes of lightning or increasing wind.
   寻找雷暴来临的标志。例如：天空变暗、一道闪电或增强的风。
8. It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
   外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
9. Short-term exposure of humans to high levels of dioxins may result in skin lesions, such as chloracne and patchy darkening of the skin, and altered liver function.
   人类短期接触高剂量的二恶英，可能导致皮肤损害，如氯痤疮和皮肤色斑，还可能改变肝脏功能。
10. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer.
    它似乎吸收了渐渐转暗的大地的光亮，因为随着它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷变得愈来愈暗淡朦胧。
11. It's not a moment too soon, as the early south west monsoon rains are already darkening the sky.
    这一刻不会太久，因为天空已然暗下来，早期的西南季风雨已经来了。
12. Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep, When the darkening shadows round about me creep;
    耶稣与我亲近可安然而睡，满天虽是黑暗心可无挂虑；
13. He studied the contour of her face, silhouetted against the darkening sky.
    他仔细端详她的脸在夜空中的映出的轮廓线。
14. Jeff: Overhead, the sky was darkening.
    杰夫：在他的头顶上，天空是一片的黑暗。
15. She went down to the river bank, and stood gazing at a moon streak on the darkening water.
    她走到河边，河面已经暗了下来，她站在那里凝望水上的一痕月光。
16. Vignetting refers to the lightening or darkening of the edges of an image.
    虚光照是指增亮或是调暗图片的边缘。
17. Sensitivity and darkening can be adjusted for better look.
    敏感性和变暗可以调整更好的照顾。
18. The stars and moon in The Starry Night are unusually bright, their light swirling above the darkening hills.
    《星夜》中的星星和月亮异常地明亮，它们的光亮在阴霾的山丘上打转。
19. Up over his head in the darkening skies.
    在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
20. By the sudden darkening of the skies and the thunder in the distance, we could tell that rain was imminent.
    天色突然暗了，再加上远处响起的雷声，我们知道快下雨了。
21. She gazed at him, her eyes darkening with a curious expression of dislike and distrust as he silently turned away.
    她死盯着他，眼神越来越阴沉，显出一种对他又厌恶又怀疑的奇怪表情，这时他只好默不作声地把脸转了过去。
22. They also block out the noise of the content beneath the window by darkening the area around it with a shadow.
    它们利用阴影来暗化窗口周围的区域以达到降低窗口下面内容所引起的噪音。
23. Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
    蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
24. Adsorption Properties of Palygorskite Supported Anionic-cationic Surfactant for Methyl Orange Then they topped the rise and before them lay the oaks of Tara, a towering dark mass against the darkening sky.
    坡缕石负载阴-阳表面活性剂对甲基橙的吸附行为后来，他们总算爬到了坡顶，塔拉的橡树在就在眼前，黑糊糊的一大片高耸在阴沉的天空下。
25. The shadow of the moon can be seen darkening part of earth.
    月亮的影子可以在被黑暗笼罩的地球表面看见。
26. On bright and calm days they lie in thousands on the now darkening water.
    在平和晴朗的日子里，千万片树叶落在此时色泽渐渐转暗的湖面上。
27. "It's in our genes to go through this stuff," Kennedy said Thursday as he stood on the beach, looking southeast over the roaring ocean and darkening sky.
    “它的基因在我们经历这些东西，”肯尼迪说，周四，他站在海滩上，看天空在轰鸣的东南海洋和变黑。
28. This typically entails lightening/ darkening, sharpening, removal of dust and basic colour correction.
    这些包括调亮/暗、化、楚污点以及基本颜色校准。
29. So far, at least, there is one bright spot in the darkening economic picture.
    到目前为止，日益黯淡的经济图景中至少还有一个亮点。
30. Burn: Used for shadows, darkening areas and for stippling.
    加深工具：用于处理影子，暗部和点画。

noun

1. changing to a darker color

   Synonym:    blackening

adj

1. becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
   1. the darkening sky