murk 英 [mɜ:k]   美 [mɜrk]

murk

murk  英 [mɜ:k] 美 [mɜrk]

n. 黑暗;阴沉,阴郁  adj. 阴郁的;黑暗的 

名词复数:murks 

The men watched in frustration as the ring's strobe light, meant to alert searchers, blinked dimly in the murk. 其他人沮丧地望着救生圈的闪光灯在黑暗中微弱地闪烁,这本是为了向搜寻者求救设计的。

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  • n. 黑暗;阴沉,阴郁
  • adj. 阴郁的;黑暗的
  • 1. The men watched in frustration as the ring's strobe light, meant to alert searchers, blinked dimly in the murk.

    其他人沮丧地望着救生圈的闪光灯在黑暗中微弱地闪烁,这本是为了向搜寻者求救设计的。

  • murk (n) c. 1300, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr "darkness," from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo- (source also of 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).
murk / mɜːk ; NAmE mɜːrk / noun ( usuallythe murk ) [uncountable ] darknesscaused by smoke, fog,etc. 阴暗;昏暗 SYN gloom murk murks murk / mɜːk ; NAmE mɜːrk /
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