| [/dɪm; dɪm/] adj (-mmer, -mmest) 用法:
1 (a) where or which one cannot see well; not bright 光线暗淡的; 看不清的; 不光亮的; 昏暗的; 阴暗的:
a dim corridor with no windows 没有窗户的昏暗走廊 *
the dim outline of buildings on a dark night 黑夜里建筑物朦胧的轮廓 *
reading by dim candle-light 就著微弱的烛光读书.
(b) not clearly remembered; faint 记不清的; 记忆模糊的:
a dim memory/recollection 淡淡的记忆[回忆]. 用法:
2 (infml) (of people) lacking intelligence （指人）愚笨的. 用法:
3 (of the eyes, eyesight) not able to see well （指眼睛）看不清东西的; （视力）差的, 模糊的:
His sight is getting dim. 他的视力越来越差了. *
eyes dim with tears 迷离的泪眼. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) dim and distant (joc 谑) long past 很久以前:
Once, in the dim and distant past, I was a student here. 我早八辈子的时候在这儿读过书. dim 2
v (-mm-) [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become dim 变暗淡或模糊; 使（某事物）暗淡或模糊:
The stage lights (were) dimmed, and the play's first act was over. 舞台灯光暗了下去, 这出戏的第一幕结束了. *
Old age hasn't dimmed her memory. 她虽然年事已高, 但记忆并未模糊. |