obscure
adjective · verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Dark, faint or indistinct.
I found myself in an obscure wood.
Đồng nghĩa: cimmerian, dingy, fuzzy, ill-defined, 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, dim, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, ill-marked, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muzzy, obscure, undefined, vague
- 2.
Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
Đồng nghĩa: occluded, secluded, covered, concealed, dark, dern, hidden, invisible, inward, latent, nondisplayed, obfuscated, obfuscatory, obscure, obscured, occluded, occulted, private, recondite, secluded, secret, secreted, silent, snug, tect, unapparent, underground, undisclosed, veiled, discreet, improminent, inconspicuous, inevident, inobtrusive, low-profile, noteless, obscure, unconspicuous, unevident, unobtrusive
- 3.
Difficult to understand; abstruse.
an obscure passage or inscription; The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works.
Đồng nghĩa: fathomless, inscrutable, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inexplicable, impenetrable, insensible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, tenebrose, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable, ununderstandable
- 4.
Not well-known.
Đồng nghĩa: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, arcane, dark, enigmatic, esoteric, mystic, obscure, occult, recondite
- 5.
Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate.
Đồng nghĩa: ignote, unascertained, undiscovered, ignote, knownless, strange, obscure, unascertained, unapprehended, undiscovered, unexplained, unfamiliar, uninvestigated, unknown, unrecognized, unrevealed
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
c. 1688', William Wake, Preparation for Death There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured in the writings of learned men as this.
Đồng nghĩa: becloud, bedarken, bedim, bemist
- 2.
(transitive)To hide, put out of sight etc.
Đồng nghĩa: conceal, occult, secrete
- 3.
(intransitive, obsolete)To conceal oneself; to hide.
Đồng nghĩa: hide out, keep a low profile, lie low
Cụm từ thường dùng
an obscure meaning
adjective + noun
một ý nghĩa khó hiểu/mơ hồ
The poem had an obscure meaning that was hard to grasp.
an obscure artist
adjective + noun
một nghệ sĩ ít người biết đến/vô danh
He collects works by obscure artists from the 19th century.
an obscure fact
adjective + noun
một sự thật ít người biết/khó tìm
She knew many obscure facts about ancient history.
an obscure corner
adjective + noun
một góc khuất/hẻo lánh
The old shop was hidden away in an obscure corner of the city.
remain obscure
verb + adjective
vẫn vô danh/ít được biết đến
Despite his talent, his work remained obscure for many years.
become obscure
verb + adjective
trở nên ít được biết đến/mờ nhạt
Over time, the ancient rituals became obscure and were forgotten.
obscure the view
verb + noun
che khuất tầm nhìn
The tall buildings obscured the view of the mountains.
obscure origins
adjective + noun
nguồn gốc không rõ ràng/mờ mịt
The tradition has obscure origins that are difficult to trace.
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Đồng nghĩa
Cùng gốc / liên quan
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (dark, dusky, indistinct), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. oscuro.