black

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
发音 blăk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. countable,uncountable
    — Black is the badge of hell, / The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night.
  2. A black dye or pigment. countable,uncountable
  3. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. countable
  4. Black cloth hung up at funerals. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — Groans, and convulsions, and a discolored face, and friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible.
  5. A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. capitalized,countable,offensive,often,sometimes
    — "How! They surely cannot pretend that the black is an Englishman?" "There are all kinds of Englishmen, black and white, when seamen grow scarce. […]"
  6. Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups. informal,uncountable
    — black don't crack
  7. The black ball. countable
  8. The edge of home plate. countable
  9. A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour. UK,countable
  10. Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails. UK,informal,uncountable
    — Pernod and black; snakebite and black; cider and black
  11. The person playing with the black set of pieces. countable
    — At this point black makes a disastrous move.
  12. Something, or a part of a thing, which is black. countable
    — the black or sight of the eye
  13. A stain; a spot. countable,obsolete
    — defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust
  14. A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat. countable,uncountable
  15. Marijuana. US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — He pulled on the black, the tip of the filter hot and malleable between his lips, and felt a cool tingling coat the simmer in his chest and begin to eat away at it in small bites.
  16. The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire. countable,uncountable
    — The black is always the safest place for a firefighter.
动词 v.
  1. To make black; to blacken. transitive
    — "I don't want to fight; but you are a mean, dirty blackguard, or you wouldn't have treated a girl like that," replied Tommy, standing as stiff as a stake before the bully. "Say that again, and I'll black your eye for you."
  2. To apply blacking to (something). transitive
    — […] he must catch, curry, and saddle his own horse; he must black his own brogans (for he will not be able to buy boots).
  3. To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute. UK,transitive
    — The plants were blacked by the Transport and General Workers' Union and a consumer boycott was organised; both activities contributed to what the union saw as a victory.
形容词 adj.
  1. Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
    — The items around him were black in colour.
  2. Without light.
  3. Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.) capitalized,sometimes
    — Somebody tell me, what can I do / Something is holding me back / Is it because I'm black?
  4. Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.); Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. South-Africa,UK,US,capitalized,sometimes
  5. Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above). historical
    — black drinking fountain; black hospital
  6. Of the spades or clubs suits.
    — I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
  7. Bad; evil; ill-omened.
    — black magic
  8. Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
    — He shot her a black look.
  9. Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
    — Foodstuffs were rationed and, as in other countries in a similar situation, the black market was flourishing.
  10. Foul; dirty, soiled.
    — Then trip him, that his heeles may kicke at Heauen, / And that his Soule may be as damn'd aud blacke / As Hell, whereto it goes.
  11. Overcrowded. Ireland,informal
  12. Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
    — Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
  13. Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
    — The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.
  14. Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
    — Compare two Unicode symbols: ☞ (“WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX”); ☛ (“BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX”).
  15. Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
  16. Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. German
    — After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.
  17. Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
    — 5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.
  18. Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
    — Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
  19. Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").) Ireland,derogatory
    — the Black North
    Ulster
  20. Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
    — the black knight; black bile
  21. Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).; Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name. especially
    — black birch; black locust; black rhino
  22. Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy. Singapore,Singlish
    — They gave up trying to talk to me. Ever since I gave them that big scolding. But every time they see me, all face black black.

词形变化

blacker comparative more black comparative blackest superlative most black superlative blacke alternative,obsolete Black alternative blk alternative blak alternative blacks plural blacke alternative,obsolete Black alternative blk alternative blak alternative blacks present,singular,third-person blacking participle,present blacked participle,past blacked past blacke alternative,obsolete Black alternative blk alternative blak alternative

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All Blacks American black bear American black duck American black vulture antiblack anti-black Argentine black and white tegu Arizona black walnut Asian black bear Asian black birch Asian black rat beyond the black stump bible-black blaccent black abalone black ace Blackacre blackademic black advance black Africa black alder black alder winterberry black amber blackamoor black and blue black and brown black and burst black and gold garden spider Black and Tan black-and-tan black-and-white black and white Helen black and white tegu black and white village black and white warbler black-and-yellow grosbeak Blackanese Black Angus black ant black antimony black antshrike black ape black arched moth black-arched moth black aristocracy Black Army black art black as a dog's guts black as coal black ash black as ink black as my hat black as Newgate's knocker black as night black-assed blackassed black as tar black as the ace of spades black as thunder black as your hat black aurora black babies blackback black-backed antshrike black-backed grosbeak black-backed gull black-backed jackal black-backed water tyrant black-bag black bag black bag job black bag operation blackball black bamboo blackband black band disease Black Bank black bass black bean black bean aphid black bean sauce black-bean sauce Blackbeard black bearded saki black bear black beauty black bee black beer black beetle black-bellied plover black-bellied sandgrouse black-bellied wren black belt black-bibbed tit black bile black-billed capercaillie black-billed flycatcher black-billed magpie black bindweed black birch tree black bitch black bloc blackboard blackbody black body black bomber black book Black Bottom black-bottom black bottom pie black-bottom pie black box black-box function black box insurance black-box testing black box warning black boy blackboy black brane black bread black bread mold black bream black-breasted leaf turtle black-breasted quail black British black broth black-browed albatross black-browed barbet black-browed mollymawk black bryony blackbuck black budget black building test black bun black butcherbird black butter blackbutt black cab black caiman black cake black cancer black canker black cap blackcap black-capped babbler black-capped chickadee black-capped petrel black-capped tinamou black car black caraway black carbon black card black cardamom black carob black carp black carpet beetle black cat Black Cathay Black Cathayan black cattle black caviar black chalk black chamber black chanterelle black cherry black child blackchin black-chinned siskin black chokeberry black cholic black colic black Christmas black cicadabird black-clad black clam black clergy black clock black coal blackcoat black-coated black cockatoo black cock blackcock black cod black coffee black cohosh black-collar black comedy black company black copper black coral black cotton soil Black Country black cow black crake black crappie Black Crater Lake Black Creek black-crested antshrike black-crested tit black-crested titmouse black crowned crane black-crowned night heron black cuckooshrike black cuckoo-shrike black cumin black curassow blackcurrant black currant black-currant black currawong black dammar blackdamp blackdar black dark black day Black Death black diamond black-diver black dog black dog syndrome black dolphin black dose black dragon black draught Black Drin black drink black drongo black drop black drop effect black drum Black Duck black duiker black durgon Black Dutch black dwarf black earth black earwig Black East Indian black economy black elder Black Elk black ewe blackeye black eye black-eyed black-eyed bean black-eyed pea black-eyed Susan blackface blackfaced black-faced bunting black-faced cormorant black-faced ibis black fast black fax blackfeller black fellow blackfellow blackfella Black Ferns black fever black figure blackfin black finger crab blackfish black flag black flight black flux blackfly blackfold blackfolk black-footed cat black-footed ferret black-footed rock wallaby Blackford black forest Black Forest cake Black Forest gâteau black fox black fragility black francolin black friar Black Friday black-fronted dotterel black frost blackfulla black fungus blackgame black game black gang black-ganger black gangster black garden ant black garlic black ghost knifefish blackgin black gin black-gloved wallaby black goby black gold black goose black gram blackgrass black grouse blackguard black guillemot black gum black guts black-haired black hairstreak black hairy tongue syndrome Black Hand black-handed gibbon black hat black haw black haw viburnum blackhead black-headed black-headed bunting black-headed duck black-headed greenfinch black-headed gull black-headed parrot black-headed pasture cockchafer black-headed python black-headed saltator blackheart black-hearted Blackheath black helicopter black hellebore black henbane black henna black hickory Black Hill Black Hills black hog black hole black hole star Black Hollow blackhood black-hooded antshrike black horehound black horse black-house black house spider black howler black humor black humour black-humored black hydrogen black ibis black ice blackify black imported fire ant black in black information black in the face black Irish black iron blackish Black Isle blackism blackity-black black ivory black jack blackjack black jail black jaundice black kale Black Khitai Black Khitan black kite black knight black knot Black Lady blackland black land black landing blacklash black latten Black Law blacklead black lead blackleg Black Legend black-legged kittiwake black-legged tick black lemur blacklet black-letter black letter black-letter day black letter day blacklettered black letter law black liberation black licorice black lie black light blacklight black limpet blackline blacklip black-lipped pika black liquor black liquorice blacklist black lives matter black locust black look black lung blackly Black Madonna black mage black magic blackmail black mamba black man black manganese black mangrove black maple Black Maria black mark black market black marketeer black marketeering black marsh turtle Black Mass black match black matipo black mead black measles Black Mesa Black Mesa Wash black metal Black Miao black MIDI Black Mirror black mist Black Monday black money black mongo Black Monk black moon black moss black moth Black Mountain Black Mountains blackmouth black-mouthed black mud black mudalia black mudfish black mulberry black mustard black-naped oriole blackneck black-necked crane black-necked grebe black-necked screamer black-necked swan Black New World Order black nightshade black nobility black noise black note black notice black oak black oat black oat grass black olive black-on-black black opal black open access black operation black op blackophilia Blackophobe Blackophobic black oriole black-or-white black-outs black oven black over Bill's mother's black oxide black pacu black palmer black panther black partridge black people's time black pepper black pepper snake Black Peter black phosphorus black piedra black pill Blackpill black-pilled black pine black pitohui Black Plague black plastic crap black plate black plum black plum of Illawarra black pod black polecat blackpoll black pool Black Pope black poplar black powder black power black prince black propaganda black pudding black quahog black quarter Black queen cell virus black racer black radio black radish black rage defense black rain Black Range black raspberry black rat black redstart black rent black rhinoceros black rice blackride black rider blackrider Black River Black Riveran Black Rock Black Rod black room blackroot black root rot black rot Black Russia black rust Black Ruthenia black Sabbath black sage black salmon black salsify black salt blacksalter black salts black salve black sanctus black sand black sapote Black Saturday black scabbardfish black scoter black screen of death Black Sea black seabream black sea cucumber black seaperch blackseed black seed squash black sesame soup black shale black sheep blackshirt black shoe blackshop black-sick black Sigatoka black silver black skimmer blackskin black slug blacksmelt blacksmith black smoker black snake blacksnake black snakeroot black society blacksome Blacksonian black soup Black Sox Black Spanish blackspeak black speargrass blacksplain blackspot black spot blackspotted Black Springs black spruce black squall black square black start blackstart blackster black stork blackstrap blackstream black-striped wallaby black stuff blackstuff black stump black sugar maple black supremacist black supremacy black swallower black swallowtail black swallow-wort black swallowwort black swan blacktag blacktail black-tailed deer black-tailed flycatcher black-tailed godwit black-tailed hawfinch black-tailed jackrabbit black-tailed nativehen black-tailed trainbearer black-tailed wallaby black tar black tar heroin black tax black tea black teal black teatfish black tern black tetra blackthorn blackthroat black-throat black-throated black-throated accentor black-throated antshrike black-throated diver black-throated loon black-throated magpie-jay black-throated thrush black thumb Black Thursday black tie black-tie black tin black tinamou blacktip blacktivist black toad black tooth blacktop black top-hat transform blacktopia black-topped Blacktown blacktracker blacktress black triangle black truffle black trumpet Black Tuesday black turnstone black turtle bean blackula black up black urine disease black-veined white black velvet black velveteen black-vented oriole black vine weevil Black Virgin black vomit black vulture black wallaby black walnut blackware Black Warrior blackwash blackwater black-water rafting black wedding black whale black where it counts black widow black willow black-winged kite black-winged pratincole black-winged stilt blackwit black witch black woman blackwood black woodpecker blackwork blackworm blacky blackie blackey Black Zionism black zone Blafrican blak Blasian Blatino blax Blaxican Blaxit blaxploitation blerd Blewish blipster blue-bellied black snake blue-black grosbeak body in black bone black buppie Cablinasian cat calling the kettle black chocolate black coalblack common black hawk crested black macaque Cuban black hawk depressive suicidal black metal double black diamond driving while black Eurasian black vulture European black pine everblack eyelash black Florida black wolf good black don't crack great black-backed gull great black hawk greater black-backed gull green-black have the black ox tread on one's foot Himalayan black-lored tit Houston black Indian black-lored tit in someone's black books interblack in the black Java black rot Large Black lesser black-backed gull little black ant little black book little black cormorant little black dress little black serotine Little Black Spot Mesa Little Black Spot Mountain look on the black side Louisiana black bear mangrove black hawk monoblack nonblack non-black Norfolk Black normally black not as black as one is painted once you go black, you never go back Penny Black picture black pitch-black pitch black postblack pot calling the kettle black pro-black quasiblack red-bellied black snake red-black tree red-tailed black cockatoo red-tailed black shark respotted black Russian black bread sleep black southern black tit tar-black television black this side of the black stump transblack TV black unblack wack Welsh Black western black-eared wheatear white-backed black tit white-shouldered black tit white-winged black tit yellow-tailed black cockatoo black and white Blackophobia blue-black coal black jet black jet-black slate black acetylene black African black animal black Berlin black Black Act black don't crack blackless boneblack Brunswick black carbon black channel black cut to black eye black fade to black Frankfort black impingement black ivory black lampblack long black man in black Men in Black mineral black mulga black palladium black Pernod and black platinum black raisin black short black smoke black smoky black Spanish black the new black toothblack two seconds to black blacker black out blackout bootblack shoeblack

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *blakaz
Proto-West Germanic *blak
Old English blæc
Middle English blak
English black
From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”).
See also Dutch blaken (“to burn”), Low German blak, black (“blackness, black paint, (black) ink”), Old High German blah (“black”); also compare Latin flagrāre (“to burn”), Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”), Sanskrit भर्ग (bharga, “radiance”).
Adjective sense 20 is a semantic loan from Cantonese 黑面 (hak1 min6, “to pull a long face, to scowl”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *blakaz
Proto-West Germanic *blak
Old English blæc
Middle English blak
English black
From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”).
See also Dutch blaken (“to burn”), Low German blak, black (“blackness, black paint, (black) ink”), Old High German blah (“black”); also compare Latin flagrāre (“to burn”), Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”), Sanskrit भर्ग (bharga, “radiance”).
Adjective sense 20 is a semantic loan from Cantonese 黑面 (hak1 min6, “to pull a long face, to scowl”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *blakaz
Proto-West Germanic *blak
Old English blæc
Middle English blak
English black
From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”).
See also Dutch blaken (“to burn”), Low German blak, black (“blackness, black paint, (black) ink”), Old High German blah (“black”); also compare Latin flagrāre (“to burn”), Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”), Sanskrit भर्ग (bharga, “radiance”).
Adjective sense 20 is a semantic loan from Cantonese 黑面 (hak1 min6, “to pull a long face, to scowl”).
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