blacken

英 [ˈblækən]

美 [ˈblækən]

v.  (使)变黑; 抹黑; 丑化; 败坏…的名誉

过去分词：blackened　现在分词：blackening　过去式：blackened　第三人称单数：blackens　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14881 / COCA.15212

牛津词典

verb

• （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。
• 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。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）变黑；弄黑；涂黑
  Toblackensomething means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something thatblackensbecomes 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。
• VERB 诬蔑；玷污；给…抹黑
  If someoneblackensyour 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。

英英释义

verb

• make or become black
  1. The smoke blackened the ceiling
  2. The ceiling blackened
  Synonym:melanizemelanisenigrifyblack
• 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

双语例句

• 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。
• A pernicious campaign to blacken his character
  旨在诋毁他的人格的恶意宣传活动
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Blacken sb's character by insinuation.
  含沙射影地贬低某人的品格。
• 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。
• They're trying to blacken our name.
  他们企图败坏我们的名声。
• 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。