blackout

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈblæk.aʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A temporary loss of consciousness. countable,uncountable
  2. A temporary loss of memory. countable,uncountable
    — “I mean, what is she even talking about? Got her pregnant at the Halloween party? What does that mean? I don't even remember that party. I was wasted.” “Yeah, me too. I browned out that evening.” “"browned out"? What's "browned out"?” “Oh, it's when you drink so much that everything goes brown. It's not as severe as a blackout, 'cause I remember bits and pieces. I like to call it "browning out."”
  3. A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers. countable,uncountable
    — The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November.
  4. An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one. countable,uncountable
    — media blackout
  5. An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest. Internet,countable,uncountable
    — the 2012 English Wikipedia blackout
  6. The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II. countable,historical,uncountable
    — In co-operation with the Government departments, the British railway companies prepared their stations, offices, docks, hotels, trains, and other premises for the necessary blackout of lighting that it was realised would be required in a state of emergency, and in the case of the experimental voluntary blackouts which took place in July and August the railway companies concerned co-operated in every way possible.
  7. The blocking out of as much light as possible. attributive,countable,uncountable
    — blackout blinds; blackout curtains
  8. A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime. countable,rare,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of black out. alt-of,alternative,nonstandard
    — Scouts assisted Mabel Smythe Building officials in blackouting windows.

词形变化

blackouts plural black-out alternative blackouts present,singular,third-person blackouting participle,present blackouted participle,past blackouted past black-out alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
blackout bag blackout bomb blackout cake blackout curtain blackout date blackout gag blackout lamp blackout poem blackout poetry blackouts blackout skit Brooklyn blackout cake brownout brown out rolling blackout
相关词
whiteout

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English black outdeverb.
English blackout
Deverbal from black out.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English black outdeverb.
English blackout
Deverbal from black out.
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