資料來源 : pyDict
黑暗,冥冥,夜色;罪惡,無知
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Darkness \Dark"ness\, n.
1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
And darkness was upon the face of the deep. --Gen.
i. 2.
2. A state of privacy; secrecy.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light.
--Matt. x. 27.
3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or
religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil. --John. iii.
19.
Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From
all heaven's bounds. --Milton.
4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the
darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
5. A state of distress or trouble.
A day of clouds and of thick darkness. --Joel. ii.
2.
資料來源 : WordNet®
darkness
n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: {dark}] [ant: {light}]
2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
[syn: {dark}, {shadow}]
3: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of
darkness" [syn: {iniquity}, {wickedness}, {dark}]
4: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their
intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: {dark}]
5: having a dark or somber color [ant: {lightness}]
6: a swarthy complexion [syn: {duskiness}, {swarthiness}]