Old English deorcnysse, from dark + -ness. Figurative use is recorded from mid-14c. The 10c. Anglo-Saxon treatise on astronomy uses teostrum for "darkness."
雙語例句
1. The light went out, and the room was plunged into darkness.
燈熄了，屋里陷入一片漆黑。
來自柯林斯例句
2. At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness.
就在那時，博物館陷入了一片漆黑。
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3. The baby was filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise.
在黑暗和嘈雜的聲音中，嬰兒飽受驚嚇。
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4. We saw two more wild cats creeping towards us in the darkness.
我們看見又有兩只野貓在黑暗中悄悄向我們靠近。
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5. The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness.