c. 1300, "to make dark;" late 14c., "to become dark," from dark (adj.) + -en (1). The more usual verb in Middle English was simply dark, as it is in Chaucer and Shakespeare, and darken did not predominate until 17c. The Anglo-Saxons also had a verb sweorcan meaning "to grow dark." To darken someone's door (usually with a negative) is attested from 1729.
雙語例句
1. Nothing was going to darken his mood today.
今天什么都不會影響到他的心情。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The sky began to darken as the storm approached.
暴風雨來臨時天空變得黑沉沉的。
來自《權威詞典》
3. Please darken the blue paint with black paint.
請在藍漆里摻上點黑漆.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Go ! And never darken my door again!
滾,不許再跨進我的門檻!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. " Clouds darken with darkness of rain, Streams pale with pallor of mist . "