| 释义 |
darkle, v.|ˈdɑːk(ə)l|
[A modern word, evolved out of the adverb darkling analysed as a pple. Probably some parallelism to sparkling has been supposed. See next.]
1. intr. To lie darkling; to show itself darkly.
1819Byron Juan ii. xlix, The night..darkled o'er the faces pale And the dim desolate deep. 1855Thackeray Newcomes lxxv, The..Founder's Tomb..darkles and shines with the most wonderful shadows and lights. 1885Century Mag. 539 The..fountain..whose statues and bas-reliefs darkled above and around a silent pool.
b. To lie in the dark, conceal oneself.
1864Thackeray D. Duval viii, I remember half-a-dozen men darkling in an alley.
2. To grow dark.
1823Byron Juan vi. ci, Her cheek began to flush, her eyes to sparkle, And her proud brow's blue veins to swell and darkle. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 330 Cold and grey, And darkling fast, the waste before her lay. 1880Howells Undisc. Country ix. 129 The houses darkled away into the gloom of the country.
b. Of the countenance, etc.: To become dark with anger, scorn, etc.
1800Moore Ode to Anacreon xvii. Note 7 Now with angry scorn you darkle, Now with tender anguish sparkle. 1855Thackeray Newcomes lxvi. (D.), His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. 1886Illust. Lond. News Summer No. 19/2 Peltzer darkling at him with a wicked grin.
3. trans. To render dark or obscure.
1884[see darkling B. 3]. 1893National Observer 25 Feb. 370/2 The dramatist..whose province it is to darkle and obscure. |
