dark as Egypt
形容词 adj.
英 /ˌdɑːk‿əz ˈiːd͡ʒɪpt/
美 /ˌdɑɹk‿əz ˈid͡ʒɪpt/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Extremely dark.
— Rich[ard]. He muſt have a havvk's eye to ſee the ſtars this evening. VVhy don't you knovv, Jack, it is cloudy out a'doors? / Jack. That's nothing vvith him. He could look through the clouds vvith his glaſs, if it vvas as dark as Egypt, as eaſy as you can look into the other room; or, if he had a mind, he could bruſh avvay the clouds in a trice, vvith that long vvand he carries in his hand.
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-o-s
Proto-Germanic *derkaz?
Proto-West Germanic *derk
Old English deorc
Middle English derk
English dark
English as
Egyptian ḥwt
Egyptian kꜣ
Egyptian ptḥ
Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥder.
Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos)bor.
Latin Aegyptuslbor.
Old French Egypte
Middle French Egyptebor.
Middle English Egipt
English Egypt
English dark as Egypt
From dark (adjective) + as + Egypt, referring to the ninth of the ten Plagues of Egypt which God inflicted on the Egyptians to convince the Pharaoh to free the enslaved Israelites, described in Exodus 10:21–23 of the Bible (King James Version, spelling modernized): “And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”
Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-o-s
Proto-Germanic *derkaz?
Proto-West Germanic *derk
Old English deorc
Middle English derk
English dark
English as
Egyptian ḥwt
Egyptian kꜣ
Egyptian ptḥ
Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥder.
Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos)bor.
Latin Aegyptuslbor.
Old French Egypte
Middle French Egyptebor.
Middle English Egipt
English Egypt
English dark as Egypt
From dark (adjective) + as + Egypt, referring to the ninth of the ten Plagues of Egypt which God inflicted on the Egyptians to convince the Pharaoh to free the enslaved Israelites, described in Exodus 10:21–23 of the Bible (King James Version, spelling modernized): “And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”
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