the darkDARKwhen there is no light, especially because the sun has gone down 黑暗,无光〔尤指夜晚〕 my childish fear of the dark 我对黑暗孩子般的恐惧
in the dark I turned off the light and lay there in the dark. 我关了灯,在黑暗中躺在那儿。
We stood outside in the pitch dark (=when there is no light at all). 我们站在黑漆漆的屋外。
► see thesaurus at colourthe dark• Why are you sitting there in the dark? Put the light on.• Children who are afraid of the dark need to be reassured.• Children are sometimes afraid of the dark.
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