dim

adj. 暗淡的；模糊的；笨的

v. 使暗淡；使失去光澤

n. 車頭近光燈；停車燈

詳細(xì)解釋

adj.(形容詞)

v.(動(dòng)詞)

n.(名詞)

abbr.(縮略詞)

adv.(副詞)

同步翻譯

adj.(形容詞)

v.(動(dòng)詞)

英語(yǔ)翻譯

Adjective:

lacking in light; not bright or harsh;
\\\"a dim light beside the bed\\\"
\\\"subdued lights and soft music\\\"
lacking clarity or distinctness;
\\\"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\\\"
made dim or less bright;
\\\"the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation\\\"
\\\"dimmed headlights\\\"
\\\"we like dimmed lights when we have dinner\\\"
offering little or no hope;
\\\"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;
\\\"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 decisions\\\"
\\\"he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse\\\"
\\\"worked with the slow students\\\"

Verb:

switch (a car\\\'s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
become dim or lusterless;
\\\"the lights dimmed and the curtain rose\\\"
make dim or lusterless;
\\\"Time had dimmed the silver\\\"
make dim by comparison or conceal
become vague or indistinct;
\\\"The distinction between the two theories blurred\\\"

造句

用作形容詞(adj.)

Most comets are so dim that they can not be seen by the naked eye.
彗星很暗淡,肉眼看不見。
He spoke with firmness, but his face was very sad and his eyes at times were dim.
他講話時(shí)預(yù)期堅(jiān)定，但面帶愁容，時(shí)而眼神暗淡。
I made out two dim shapes in the gloom.
我在朦朧中看出有兩個(gè)模糊的影子。
She is rather dim about the importance of keeping records.
她不明白作記錄的重要性。

用作動(dòng)詞(v.)

Old age hasn\\\'t dimmed her memory.
她雖然年事已高，但記憶并未模糊。
The light of a candle is dimmed by sunlight.
燭光在日光下顯得很黯淡。
Please dim out the stage for the final scene.
請(qǐng)?jiān)谧詈笠粓?chǎng)即將開演時(shí)使舞臺(tái)燈光轉(zhuǎn)暗。
My obscure lines shall not so dim their worth.
我無(wú)名的詩(shī)行不會(huì)使他們黯然失色。
Decades don\\\'t dim China\\\'s memory of Sino-Japan war.
時(shí)光并不能模糊中國(guó)對(duì)抗日戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的記憶。

常用短語(yǔ)

用作形容詞(adj.)

dim and distant

用作動(dòng)詞(v.)

dim out (v.+adv.)

dim sth ? out

The lights were dimmed out when the electricity supply was reduced.

電力供應(yīng)被削減后,燈光就變暗了。

dim up (v.+adv.)

dim sth ? up

During the first scene, which begins early in the morning, we\\\'ll dim the lights up to give the effect of growing daylight.

在從凌晨開始的第一場(chǎng),我們將慢慢增強(qiáng)燈光,以達(dá)到天變亮?xí)r的效果。