obscure

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /əbˈskjʊɹ/|/əbˈskjɝ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. transitive
    — They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights.
  2. To hide, put out of sight etc. transitive
    — It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall.
  3. To conceal oneself; to hide. intransitive,obsolete
    — How! There's bad news. / I must obscure, and hear it.
形容词 adj.
  1. Dark, faint or indistinct.
    — I found myself in an obscure wood.
  2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
    — The obscure bird / Clamoured the livelong night.
  3. Difficult to understand; abstruse.
    — an obscure passage or inscription; The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works.
  4. Not well-known.
    — Of all the medical monsters Peter Hotez could have set out to slay, the Yale University researcher could not have chosen a more wily and obscure villain than the hookworm.
  5. Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
    — The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate.

词形变化

obscurer comparative more obscure comparative obscurest superlative most obscure superlative obscures present,singular,third-person obscuring participle,present obscured participle,past obscured past

词汇关系

衍生词
obscurable obscure honeyeater obscurely obscurement obscureness obscurification obscurify obscurin obscurism obscurist reobscure semiobscure subobscure ultraobscure unobscurable unobscure
相关词
clare-obscure clear-obscure obscuration obscurity

词源

词源 1
From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.
词源 2
From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.
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