新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

black

英 [blæk]

[ADJ, NOUN]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 黑色人种的
A black person belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race originally from Africa.
双语例句
例：
He worked for the rights of black people.
他为黑人的权利而工作。
例：
Sherry is black, tall, slender, and soft-spoken.
谢里是黑人，个头高挑、身材苗条、说话语调轻柔。
2. （咖啡、茶）不加牛奶或奶油的
Black coffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it.
双语例句
例：
A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories.
一杯红茶或黑咖啡不含任何卡路里。
3. 糟糕的
If you describe a situation as black, you are emphasizing that it is very bad indeed.
双语例句
例：
It was, he said later, one of the blackest days of his political career.
后来他说，那一天是他政治生涯中最糟糕的日子之一。
4. 郁闷的
If someone is in a black mood, they feel very miserable and depressed.
双语例句
例：
In late 1975, she fell into a black depression.
1975年末，她陷入极度消沉中。

COLOUR. 色彩词

1. 黑色的
Something that is black is of the darkest colour that there is, the colour of the sky at night when there is no light at all.
双语例句
例：
She was wearing a black coat with a white collar.
她穿着一件白领黑上衣。
例：
He had thick black hair.
他有着浓密乌黑的头发。

NOUN. 名词

blacks
1. [C 可数名词] 黑人
Black people are sometimes referred to as blacks. This use could cause offence.
双语例句
例：
There are about thirty-one million blacks in the USA.
美国大约有三千一百万黑人。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

blacks , blacking , blacked
black out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 暂时失去知觉
If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
近义词
pass out
双语例句
例：
I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out.
我能感到血从脸上淌下来。我不知道自己是不是要昏过去了。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 使变成一片漆黑
If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply.
双语例句
例：
Large parts of Lima were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up.
电缆塔被炸后，利马城的大部分地区陷入一片黑暗。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 禁止播放 , 禁止出版
If a film or a piece of writing is blacked out, it is prevented from being broadcast or published, usually because it contains information which is secret or offensive.
近义词
censor
双语例句
例：
TV pictures of the demonstration were blacked out.
这次示威游行的电视报道被禁播了。
4. [PHRASAL 短语] 用黑色涂掉（文字等）
If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen.
近义词
censor
双语例句
例：
British government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use.
英国政府的专家们检查了每一页，用黑色涂掉任何可能被外国情报专家利用的信息。
5. [PHRASAL 短语] 试图抹掉（记忆）
If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you.
近义词
blot out
双语例句
例：
I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. It was the easiest way of coping.
我试图不去想它，将其从记忆中抹去。这是最容易的处理办法了。

PHRASE. 习语

be in the black
1. 不欠债
If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
双语例句
例：
Remington's operations in Japan are now in the black.
雷明顿在日本的经营现在没有赤字。