blackness
- IPA[ˈblaknəs]
英式
- the property or quality of being black in colour；complete darkness; the absence of any light
noun: blackness
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the property or quality of being black in colour it restores grey hair to blackness
- ▪ complete darkness; the absence of any light the entire house was plunged into pitch blackness
- 2. the fact or state of belonging to any human group having dark-coloured skin my experiences have made me far more aware of my blackness than ever before she holds that position not because of her blackness, but her effectiveness
- ▪ the quality or character associated with black people the blackness of his poetry is an inextricable aspect of his subject matter
- 3. a state characterized by despair or depression there is a little hope amid the blackness of his life the absolute depths of blackness and morbidity
- ▪ archaic a state or condition of being evil or wicked the blackness of the human heart through the atrocities of war
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- IPA[ˈblaknəs]
美式
- the property or quality of being black in color: it restores gray hair to blackness
Oxford American Dictionary
