vt. 使变黑, 诽谤

vi. 变黑

[机] 黑度

Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.
t. ]
1. To make or render black.

While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.

2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole
heavens.'' --South.

3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
vice blackens the character.

Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.


Blacken \Black"en\, v. i.
To grow black or dark.