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dim [dim]
基本释义
- a. 不明亮的,暗淡的;朦胧的,模糊不清的
v,动词，变暗， 使变暗
词形变化
比较级：dim·mer, dim·mest
名 词：dim'ness
副 词：dim'ly
常用短语
- dim sum
n.<汉>点心
参考例句
- She is rather dim about the importance of keeping records.
她不明白作记录的重要性。 - The light of a candle is dimmed by sunlight.
烛光在太阳下变得模糊 - His chances of survival are dim.
他生还的可能性不大。
英英解释
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
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dim, dip - become or make darker
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darken, dim
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brighten
[例]
- The screen darkened
- He darkened the colors by adding brown
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- become dim or lusterless
[例]
- the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
- make dim or lusterless
[例]
- Time had dimmed the silver
- make dim by comparison or conceal
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dim, blind - become vague or indistinct
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dim, blur, slur
[反]
focalise, focalize, focus
[例]
- The distinction between the two theories blurred
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- made dim or less bright
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dim, dimmed
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bright, undimmed
[例]
- the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
- dimmed headlights
- we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh
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dim, subdued
[例]
- a dim light beside the bed
- subdued lights and soft music
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- lacking clarity or distinctness
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dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
[例]
- a dim figure in the distance
- only a faint recollection
- shadowy figures in the gloom
- saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
- a few wispy memories of childhood
- offering little or no hope
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dim, black, bleak
[例]
- the future looked black
- prospects were bleak
- Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult
- took a dim view of things
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
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dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
[例]
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
- dumb officials make some really dumb deci
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