pitch-black

形容黑得极深、几乎没有光的状态，常译为“漆黑的”或“黑漆漆的”。

💡 记忆钩子

把黑色想成沾满焦油的厚重表面：它不仅是黑，而且黑得像焦油一样，连一点光都透不出来。

📝 学习建议

不要把它理解成普通的“黑”；它强调极暗、几乎无光的程度。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 漆黑的；黑得不透光

📖 指黑暗程度非常深，几乎看不见任何东西，像厚厚的焦油一样不透光。它既可以形容黑色物体，也可以形容没有灯光的空间或夜色。

💡 常用模式是“pitch-black + 名词”，例如“pitch-black room”；也可以说“be pitch-black”描述某处或某时的状态。它比普通的“black”语气更强，通常用于具体、形象地强调黑暗。不要误解为固定的某一种黑色颜料名称。

We had to use a flashlight because the tunnel was pitch-black.

我们不得不使用手电筒，因为隧道里漆黑一片。

A pitch-black sky covered the town after the storm.

暴风雨过后，漆黑的天空笼罩着小镇。

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

extremely dark; ;

同义词集: black pitch-black pitch-dark

a black moonless night

through the pitch-black woods

it was pitch-dark in the cellar

近似: dark

🌳 词源

由表示“焦油”的词和“黑”组成，字面上可理解为“像焦油一样黑”。

From pitch (“tar”) + black. Compare West Frisian pikswart (literally “pitch-black”), Dutch pikzwart (literally “pitch-black”), German pechschwarz (literally “pitch-black”), Swedish becksvart (literally “pitch-black”), Icelandic biksvartur (literally “pitch-black”).

🔄 变式

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