I'm getting married again, but keep it dark, will you? 我要再婚了,可要保密呀,行吗?
dark
[ noun ]
absence of light or illumination
<noun.state>
absence of moral or spiritual values
<noun.state> the powers of darkness
an unilluminated area
<noun.location> he moved off into the darkness
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
<noun.time>
an unenlightened state
<noun.cognition> he was in the dark concerning their intentions his lectures dispelled the darkness [ adj ]
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
<adj.all> sitting in a dark corner a dark day dark shadows dark as the inside of a black cat
(used of color) having a dark hue
<adj.all> dark green dark glasses dark colors like wine red or navy blue
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
<adj.all> dark eyes
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
<adj.all> black deeds a black lie his black heart has concocted yet another black deed Darth Vader of the dark side a dark purpose dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him
secret
<adj.all> keep it dark
showing a brooding ill humor
<adj.all> a dark scowl the proverbially dour New England Puritan a glum, hopeless shrug he sat in moody silence a morose and unsociable manner a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius a sour temper a sullen crowd
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
<adj.all> this benighted country benighted ages of barbarism and superstition the dark ages a dark age in the history of education
marked by difficulty of style or expression
<adj.all> much that was dark is now quite clear to me those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure
causing dejection
<adj.all> a blue day the dark days of the war a week of rainy depressing weather a disconsolate winter landscape the first dismal dispiriting days of November a dark gloomy day grim rainy weather
having skin rich in melanin pigments
<adj.all> National Association for the Advancement of Colored People dark-skinned peoples
not giving performances; closed
<adj.all> the theater is dark on Mondays
Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), n. 1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. --Shak.
2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark. --Shak.
Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before. --Locke.
3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. --Dryden.
Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.] 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! --Milton.
In the dark and silent grave. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
The dark problems of existence. --Shairp.
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. --Hooker.
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? --Shak.
3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan.
The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[ae]val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. --Hallam.
4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton.
5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
More dark and dark our woes. --Shak.
A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. --Macaulay.
There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. --W. Irving.
6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. --Evelyn.
Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
{A dark horse}, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]
{Dark house}, {Dark room}, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Dark lantern}. See {Lantern}. -- The
{Dark Ages}, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See {Middle Ages}, under {Middle}.
{The Dark and Bloody Ground}, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians.
{The dark day}, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
{To keep dark}, to reveal nothing. [Low]
Dark \Dark\, v. t. To darken; to obscure. [Obs.] --Milton.
In accordance with what might be termed Vorsprung Murk Technik, the Germans are customarily kept in the dark about road accidents in their country.
While some presidents followed Washington's precedent, and some state governors did as well, President Lincoln _ despite being faced with the dark specter of civil war _ renewed the practice of proclaiming a national day of Thanksgiving.
The existence of Neptune's dark spot is mysterious because scientists didn't think the planet had enough heat to drive fierce winds, said Ingersoll.
And just watch how fast people move if they walk into a silky spider web in the dark.
But the boats usually arrive when it is "so dark you can't see your hand out there," Mr. Rivera says, and finding them is chancy.
But the dark glasses and pseudonyms can't hide those familiar talents.
He did repeat at close range the message that Americans like the Chinese people but take a dark view of the Beijing government.
"We've certainly been in the dark."
In the winter it was dark in the evenings when I came out of school and there was only one indoor court - at the Edgbaston Priory club - which was always booked.
In the dark, maybe, but not in the rain.
It might be possible, he said, to use gravitational lenses _ areas in space in which gravity bends light in the same way that a magnifying glass does _ to see small, faint stars in the dark halo, if they exist.
These people who do these things are taking shots in the dark," Lady Kaberry said. "It is everyone who has to live in fear now.
Sam has never been told about the problem, because his Mom firmly believes that the illness can be prevented by keeping him in the dark.
If not framed and displayed away from direct sunlight, they are ideally kept singly in acid-free envelopes in a dry, dark, relatively cool place.
Lower-priced parts, mainly legs and other dark meat parts, helped boost sales in major Pacific markets.
The new owners took away Ms. Sanchez's two assistants and gave her added responsibilities that keep her at her desk until after dark.
Suddenly a small herd of elk cows wandered out from behind a hill to the south, dark shadows out of the beginning of dawn.
Cosby faces another crisis: His children will be penniless unless he swings a deal for his bombastic boss (Barry Corbin). Since Cosby is visible only in the dark, it's not easy.
Instead of integrating into the new united Europe, Yugoslavia is sliding back into the continent's dark divided past, when Serbs and Croats fought their own nasty war within World War II.
The remodel offers protection not from Viet Cong but from wiry street children who descend upon Lam Son Square early each morning and stay until well after dark.
A self-assured man of medium height and build whose thinning dark hair falls toward thick glasses, he denies in an interview there that he is part of any organized group.
"On this bright day, which announces the end of the dark night of Sandinismo, I raise my flag of national reconciliation," Mrs. Chamorro told some 60,000 supporters at UNO's final rally a week ago.
The silver lining in the dark cloud will be that inflation remains docile, Mr. Berner says.
Residents have begun shutting themselves in after dark, drawing their curtains and responding to callers with extreme caution, police said.
Videotapes taken by residents showed that several officers covered their badges with dark tape to keep from being identified.
The dark divorce comedy "The War of the Roses" came in third with $4.2 million.
Last year, the Rehnquist court held that racial prejudice was "an inevitable part of the criminal-justice process." Mrs. Allen's commentary failed to present any part of this dark side of the death-sentencing process.
Recently, for example, Bean received 999 pairs of dark green rubber boots from a vendor.
A cheerful woman with dark, expressive eyes, Mrs. Ito takes from her closet a box filled with mementos as she talks about those times.
They are dark red wines, full in flavor, rich, alcoholic.