black spot
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves.
— In areas where black spot is only a problem after heavy rain or later in the season, restrict spraying to these times, or if yellowing or spotted foliage is detected.
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A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone.
— Indian Queens is a hamlet just off the A30, a well-known traffic black spot, and Yellowknife was Margo Kidder's hometown in Canada.
- A dangerous place or area.
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A location with poor radio signal reception, e.g. for mobile phones.
— What if—like so many rural parts of the county—this was a mobile black spot? That was easily tested. No, she had no problem dialling her own home number.
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A subject or area about which little or no information is available.
— Near-synonyms: black hole, blind spot
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A fictional judicial device among pirates, consisting of a black circle indicating condemnation.
— I went down on my knees at once. On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side, in a very good, clear hand, this short message: “You have till ten to-night.”
- The spot on a snooker table where the black ball is normally placed.
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