benight

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈnaɪt/    美 /bɪˈnaɪt/|/bə-/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. archaic,transitive
    — How far might I have been on my way by this time! I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almost ſpent.
  2. To darken; to shroud or obscure. archaic,transitive
    — The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning; / Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air.
  3. To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness. archaic,transitive
    — Can we whose souls are lighted With Wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?

词形变化

benights present,singular,third-person benighting participle,present benighted participle,past benighted past benighten alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
benighted benightedly benightedness benighter benighting benightment

词源

From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.
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