black

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

blackermore blackblackestmost black

Superlative

blackeBlackblkblak

1.
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
The items around him were black in colour.
Đồng nghĩa: dark, swart
2.
(of a location or setting) Without light.
Đồng nghĩa: dark, gloomy, blear, caliginous, cimmerian, crepuscular, dark, darksome, darkling, dim, dimpsy, dingy, dull, dusky, fuliginous, gloomy, infernal, leaden, lightless, mirksome, murky, murksome, obscure, shady, somber, sombrous, stygian, sunless, swarthy, tenebrose, tenebrous, twilightish, umbrageous, unilluminated
3.
(capitalized, sometimes)(sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
4.
(historical)(chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
black drinking fountain; black hospital
5.
(card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
6.
Bad; evil; ill-omened.
black magic
7.
Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
He shot her a black look.
8.
(of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
9.
Foul; dirty, soiled.
10.
(Ireland, informal)Overcrowded.
11.
(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
12.
(board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

blacksblackeBlackblkblak

1.
(countable, uncountable)(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
Đồng nghĩa: blackness
2.
(countable, uncountable)(countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
3.
(countable)A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
4.
(countable, in plural, uncountable)(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
5.
(capitalized, countable, offensive, often, sometimes)(countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
6.
(informal, uncountable)Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
black don't crack
7.
(countable)(countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
8.
(countable)(countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
9.
(British, countable)A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
10.
(UK, informal, uncountable)(informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
Pernod and black; snakebite and black; cider and black
11.
(countable)(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
At this point black makes a disastrous move.
12.
(countable)Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

blacks

V_ing/Gerund

blacking

V_ed/pp

blackedblacke

1.
(transitive)To make black; to blacken.
Đồng nghĩa: blacken, darken, swarten
2.
(transitive)To apply blacking to (something).
3.
(British, transitive)To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Đồng nghĩa: blackball, blacklist, black, blackball, blacklist, boycott, cancel

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (black, dark", also "ink), from *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (burnt), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (to burn, shine).