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

• 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。
• 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！
• A pernicious campaign to blacken his character
  旨在诋毁他的人格的恶意宣传活动
• Blacken easily with cold bath face?
  用冷水洗脸容易变黑吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• A smear campaign to blacken the labour party.
  败坏工党名誉的诽谤性造谣活动。
• They not only blacken themselves but also the baby.
  他们不仅熏黑了自己，还熏黑了宝宝。
• 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。
• Blacken sb's character by insinuation.
  含沙射影地贬低某人的品格。