obscure
英 [?b'skj??]
美[?b'skj?r]
- adj. 昏暗的，朦朧的；晦澀的，不清楚的；隱蔽的；不著名的，無(wú)名的
- vt. 使…模糊不清，掩蓋；隱藏；使難理解
- n. 某種模糊的或不清楚的東西
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?obscures;過(guò)去式:?obscured;過(guò)去分詞:?obscured;現(xiàn)在分詞:?obscuring;比較級(jí):?obscurer;最高級(jí):?obscurest;副詞:?obscurely;
助記提示
1. ob- "over" + sc- "cover" (sky => sc-, sky的本義就是“cover”) + -ure.
中文詞源
obscure 使費(fèi)解，模糊
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)obscurus,黑暗的，遮蓋的，來(lái)自ob-,在上，表強(qiáng)調(diào)，-scurus,遮蓋的，來(lái)自PIE*skeu,遮蓋，隱藏，詞源同sky,house,hide.引申詞義使費(fèi)解，模糊。
英文詞源
- obscure
- obscure: see sky
- obscure (adj.)
- c. 1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.
- obscure (v.)
- early 15c., "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Middle French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Related: Obscured; obscuring.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.
- 殺戮持續(xù)了數(shù)月后，真相在謠言、謊話和傳聞的遮掩下變得模糊不清。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.
- 這些名不見(jiàn)經(jīng)傳的團(tuán)體在國(guó)內(nèi)政界無(wú)足輕重。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.
- 理查德的聲明隱晦費(fèi)解，真是丟人。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. an obscure German poet
- 一個(gè)名不見(jiàn)經(jīng)傳的德國(guó)詩(shī)人
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.
- 玩笑并沒(méi)有掩蓋他的觀點(diǎn)隱含的嚴(yán)肅性.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》