black 1 S1 W1 / blæk / 形容词 ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest )

1 colour having the darkest colour, like coal or night :

a black evening dress

jet/inky black (= very dark )

jet black hair

2 no light very dark because there is no light :

It was still pitch black (= very dark ) out.

3 people ( also Black )

a) belonging to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin → white :

Over half the students are black.

b) [仅用于名词前] relating to black people :

politics from a black perspective

Black and Asian music

4 drink [仅用于名词前] black coffee or tea does not have milk in it 反义词 white :

Black coffee, no sugar, please.

5 dirty informal very dirty

be black with soot/dirt/age etc

6 without hope sad and without hope for the future :

the blackest period of European history

a mood of black despair

It’s been another black day for the car industry, with more job losses an 名词 ced.

7 humour making jokes about serious subjects, especially death :

a very black joke

8 angry [仅用于名词前] full of feelings of anger or hate → blackly :

Denise gave me a black look .

9 a black mark (against somebody) if there is a black mark against you, someone has a bad opinion of you because of something you have done

10 not be as black as you are painted not to be as bad as people say you are

11 bad literary very bad :

black deeds

— blackness 名词