Tra từ dark - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dark [dark darks darker darkest] adjective, noun BrE [dɑːk] NAmE [dɑːrk]
adjective (dark·er, dark·est)

WITH LITTLE LIGHT
1. with no or very little light, especially because it is night
•a dark room/street/forest
• What time does it get dark in summer?
• It was dark outside and I couldn't see much.
Opp: ↑light

COLOURS
2. not light; closer in shade to black than to white
•dark blue/green/red, etc.
• Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.
Opp: ↑light, Opp: ↑pale
3. having a colour that is close to black
•a dark suit
•dark-coloured wood
• The dark clouds in the sky meant that a storm was coming.

HAIR/SKIN/EYES
4. brown or black in colour
• Sue has long dark hair.
• He was handsome with dark eyes.
•Even if you have dark skin, you still need protection from the sun.
5. (of a person)having dark hair, eyes, etc
•a dark handsome stranger
Opp: ↑fair

MYSTERIOUS
6. mysterious; hidden and not known about
• There are no dark secrets in our family.

EVIL
7. evil or frightening
• There was a darker side to his nature.
•the dark forces of the imagination

WITHOUT HOPE
8. unpleasant and without any hope that sth good will happen
•the darkest days of Fascism
• The film is a dark vision of the future.

PHONETICS
9. (of a speech sound)produced with the back part of the tongue close to the back of the mouth. In many accents of English, dark /[l] / is used after a vowel, as in ball.
Opp: ↑clear

Word Origin:
Old English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.

Thesaurus:
dark adj.
1.
•It was getting very dark outside.
black • • shady • • shadowy • • unlit •
Opp: light
a dark/black night
a dark/shady/shadowy place/corner
a dark/shadowy/unlit room
a dark/unlit road
2.
•I prefer darker colours for a bedroom.
deep • • rich • • warm •
Opp: light, Opp: pale
a dark/deep/rich/warm colour/tone/shade
dark/deep/rich/warm red/orange
dark/deep/rich blue/green/purple

Example Bank:
•As it grew dark, they gathered round the fire.
•It gets dark at about six o'clock.
•It's only three o'clock and it's nearly dark already.
•Suddenly the whole sky went dark.
•Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.
•He stumbled along through the dark forest.
•He was dressed in a dark suit and a plain white shirt.
•It was dark outside and I couldn't see much.
•Mahogany is a dark-coloured wood.
•My mind was full of dark thoughts.
•The theatre stayed open even in the darkest days of the war.
•There are dark forces at work here.
•They stepped into the dark room and shone the torch.
Idioms: ↑after dark ▪ ↑dark horse ▪ ↑in the dark ▪ ↑keep something dark ▪ ↑shot in the dark

noun

NO LIGHT
1. the darksingular the lack of light in a place, especially because it is night
• All the lights went out and we were left in the dark.
• Are the children afraid of the dark?
•animals that can see in the dark

COLOUR
2. uncountable an amount of sth that is dark in colour
•patterns of light and dark
more at a leap in the dark at ↑leap _n.

Word Origin:
Old English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.

Example Bank:
•I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
•I hate getting up in the dark.
•Many small children are afraid of the dark.
•The girls weren't allowed out after dark.
•We could just make out some figures in the gathering dark.
•We'd better try and finish this job before dark.