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dim 音标拼音: [d'ɪm] a. 不明亮的,暗淡的;朦胧的,模糊不清的 不明亮的,暗淡的;朦胧的,模糊不清的 dim adj 1: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; " a dim light beside the bed"; " subdued lights and soft music" [ synonym: { dim}, { subdued}] 2: lacking clarity or distinctness; " a dim figure in the distance"; " only a faint recollection"; " shadowy figures in the gloom"; " saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; " a few wispy memories of childhood" [ synonym: { dim}, { faint}, { shadowy}, { vague}, { wispy}] 3: made dim or less bright; " the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; " dimmed headlights"; " we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" [ synonym: { dimmed}, { dim}] [ ant: { bright}, { undimmed}] 4: offering little or no hope; " the future looked black"; " prospects were bleak"; " Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J. M. Synge; " took a dim view of things" [ synonym: { black}, { bleak}, { dim}] 5: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; " so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; " never met anyone quite so dim"; " although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; " dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; " he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; " worked with the slow students" [ synonym: { dense}, { dim}, { dull}, { dumb}, { obtuse}, { slow}] v 1: switch ( a car' s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [ synonym: { dim}, { dip}] 2: become dim or lusterless; " the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" 3: make dim or lusterless; " Time had dimmed the silver" 4: make dim by comparison or conceal [ synonym: { blind}, { dim}] 5: become vague or indistinct; " The distinction between the two theories blurred" [ synonym: { blur}, { dim}, { slur}] [ ant: { focalise}, { focalize}, { focus}] Dim \ Dim\, a. [ Compar. { Dimmer}; superl. { Dimmest}.] [ AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.] 1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. [ 1913 Webster] The dim magnificence of poetry. -- Whewell. [ 1913 Webster] How is the gold become dim! -- Lam. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster] I never saw The heavens so dim by day. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. [ 1913 Webster] Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. -- Job xvii. 7. [ 1913 Webster] The understanding is dim. -- Rogers. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Obvious compounds: dim- eyed; dim- sighted, etc. Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished. [ 1913 Webster]
Dim \ Dim\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Dimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Dimming}.] 1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. [ 1913 Webster] A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of. [ 1913 Webster] Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. -- C. Pitt. [ 1913 Webster]
Dim \ Dim\, v. i. To grow dim. -- J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster] 252 Moby Thesaurus words for " dim": achromatic, achromatize, achromic, amorphous, anemic, ashen, ashy, banausic, bandage, barely audible, becloud, bedarken, bedazzle, bedim, befog, begloom, benight, black, black out, blacken, blah, blanch, bleach, blear, blear- eyed, bleared, bleary, bleary- eyed, bled white, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, block the light, bloodless, blot out, blunt, blunt- witted, blur, blurred, blurry, brown, cadaverous, caliginous, cast a shadow, chloranemic, clear as mud, cloud, cloud over, cloudy, colorless, confused, dark, dark- colored, darken, darken over, darkish, darkle, darksome, daze, dazzle, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, decolor, decolorize, decrescendo, defocus, deprive of sight, dim out, dim- eyed, dim- sighted, dim- witted, dimmed, dimmish, dimpsy, dingy, discolor, discolored, distant, dopey, drain, drain of color, dreary, dull, dull of mind, dull- headed, dull- pated, dull- sighted, dull- witted, dusk, dusky, eclipse, encloud, encompass with shadow, etiolate, etiolated, excecate, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, fade, faded, faint, faint- voiced, fallow, fat- witted, feeble, feeble- eyed, film, filmy, filmy- eyed, flat, fog, foggy, fume, fuzzy, gentle, ghastly, glare, gloam, gloom, gloomy, gouge, gravel- blind, gray, gross- headed, grow dark, grow dim, haggard, half- blind, half- heard, half- seen, half- visible, haze, hazy, heavy, hebetudinous, hoodwink, hueless, humdrum, hypochromic, ill- defined, inconspicuous, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, lackluster, leaden, livid, lose resolution, low, low- profile, lower, lurid, lusterless, make blind, mat, mealy, merely glimpsed, mist, misty, mole- eyed, monotone, monotonous, muddy, murk, murksome, murky, murmured, muted, nebulous, neutral, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, obtuse, obumbrate, occult, occultate, opaque, out of focus, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pale, pale as death, pale- faced, pallid, pasty, pedestrian, peroxide, pianissimo, piano, poky, purblind, sallow, sand- blind, scarcely heard, semidark, semivisible, shade, shadow, shadowy, shapeless, sickly, slow, slow- witted, sluggish, snow- blind, soft, soft- sounding, soft- voiced, soften, somber, stodgy, strike blind, subaudible, subdued, subfusc, tallow- faced, tarnish, tenebrous, thick- brained, thick- headed, thick- pated, thick- witted, thickskulled, tone down, toneless, transcendent, uncertain, unclear, uncolored, undefined, undetermined, unilluminated, unplain, unrecognizable, vague, wan, wash out, washed- out, waxen, weak, weak- eyed, weak- voiced, whey- faced, whispered, white, whiten, wooden
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