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ˌpitch-ˈblackadjectiveadj
DARKcompletely black or dark 乌黑的;漆黑的
The lights were off and it was pitch-black.
灯灭了,一片漆黑。
—pitch-black noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
pitch-black• It was pitch-black and still oppressively hot.• At first she found the pitch-black darkness of the Motabeng night terrifying.• He drove over, parked the car on a pitch-black Kelly Street.• Lucky had run away from them on a pitch-black night in August.• It was pitch-black outside.• In October, put the plant in a pitch-black room for 14 hours a day.• When we draw up in a pitch-black stonewalled alley I wonder about his reaction.• Normally the snow looks light against the pitch-black trees, but today even the snow was almost black.• The curious little craft, with its extraordinary crew, slowly edged its way across the pitch-black waters.