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:?obscures;過去式:?obscured;過去分詞:?obscured;現在分詞:?obscuring;比較級:?obscurer;最高級:?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 使費解，模糊
來自拉丁語obscurus,黑暗的，遮蓋的，來自ob-,在上，表強調，-scurus,遮蓋的，來自PIE*skeu,遮蓋，隱藏，詞源同sky,house,hide.引申詞義使費解，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.
雙語例句
- 1. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.
- 殺戮持續(xù)了數月后，真相在謠言、謊話和傳聞的遮掩下變得模糊不清。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.
- 這些名不見經傳的團體在國內政界無足輕重。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.
- 理查德的聲明隱晦費解，真是丟人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. an obscure German poet
- 一個名不見經傳的德國詩人
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.
- 玩笑并沒有掩蓋他的觀點隱含的嚴肅性.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》