darkling

英 ['dɑːklɪŋ] 美 ['dɑrklɪŋ]
  • adj. 黑暗中的;恐怖的
  • adv. 在黑暗中
  • v. 使暗(darkle的ing形式)

英文词源


darkling (adv.)
"in the dark," mid-15c., from dark (n.) + now-obsolete adverbial ending -ling (compare headlong).
But having nothing to do with the participial -ing it does not mean growing dark &c.; from the mistaken notion that it is a participle spring both the misuse of the word itself and the spurious verb darkle. [Fowler]

双语例句


1. He reeled and recovered , the darkling abyss below beckoning to him, inviting his fall.
他蹒跚着, 努力恢复平衡.

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