Слово англійською: dark

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Переклад dark українською: те́мний, гірки́й шокола́д, чорня́вий, темноволо́сий

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dark

adjective
/dɑːrk/
(comparative darker, superlative darkest)

    with little light

  1. with no or very little light, especially because it is night
    • a dark room/street/forest/night
    • What time does it get dark in summer?
    • Then the theatre went dark.
    • It was dark outside and I couldn't see much.
    • The sky was still dark.
    • Use lights to illuminate dark corners.
    opposite light see also pitch-dark
    2.

    colours

  2. not light; closer in shade to black than to white
    • dark blue/green/red/brown
    • Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.
    opposite light, pale
  3. having a colour that is close to black
    • He wore a dark suit and a plain tie.
    • dark-coloured wood
    • The dark clouds in the sky meant that a storm was coming.
    4.

    hair/skin/eyes

  4. brown or black in colour
    • Sue has long dark hair.
    • He was handsome with dark eyes.
    • Even if you have dark skin, you still need protection from the sun.
  5. (of a person) having dark hair, eyes, etc.
    • a dark handsome stranger
    6. opposite fair

    mysterious

  6. mysterious; hidden and not known about
    • There are no dark secrets in our family.
    7.

    evil

  7. evil or frightening
    • There was a darker side to his nature.
    • the dark forces of the imagination
    • My mind was full of dark thoughts.
    8.

    without hope

  8. unpleasant and without any hope that something good will happen
    • the darkest days of Fascism
    • The film is a dark vision of the future.
    • The theatre stayed open even in the darkest days of the war.
    9.

    phonetics

  9. (of a speech sound) produced with the back part of the tongue close to the back of the mouth. In many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English, dark l is used after a vowel, as in ball. opposite clear
    10. Word OriginOld English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.
Idioms
a dark horse
  1. (British English) a person who does not tell other people much about their life, and who surprises other people by having interesting qualities
  2. a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises everyone by winning
Wordfinder
  • auburn
  • blonde
  • dark
  • fair
  • ginger
  • grey
  • jet black
  • mousy
  • redhead
  • sandy
keep something dark
  1. (British English, informal) to keep something secret and not tell people about it
    • He’s got two children? Well he’s kept that dark, hasn’t he!
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