murk

英 [mɜːk] 美 [mɝk]
  • n. 黑暗;阴沉,阴郁
  • adj. 阴郁的;黑暗的
  • n. (Murk)人名;(德)穆尔克

中文词源


murk 阴暗,昏暗

来自PIE*mer,闪光,闪烁,词源同morning,morrow.引申词义昏暗,黑暗。

英文词源


murk (n)
c. 1300, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr "darkness," from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo- (cognates: Old English mirce "murky, black, dark; murkiness, darkness," Danish mǿrk "darkness," Old Saxon mirki "dark"); cognate with Old Church Slavonic mraku, Serbo-Croatian mrak, Russian mrak "darkness;" Lithuanian merkti "shut the eyes, blink," from PIE *mer- "to flicker" (see morn). Murk Monday was long the name in Scotland for the great solar eclipse of March 29, 1652 (April 8, New Style).

双语例句


1. All of a sudden a tall old man in a black cloak loomed out of the murk.
一位身着黑斗篷的高个儿老者突然从暗处闪了出来。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Longing for full knowledge, one must chart route through the murk of unknowing.
有时由于渴望取得全面了解, 还必须在一片无知的混沌之中开出一条路子来.

来自辞典例句

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