| 正面 | 7107.obscure 英 [əb'skjʊə]美 [əb'skjʊr] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. ob- "over" + sc- "cover" (sky => sc-, sky的本义就是“cover”) + -ure.adj. 昏暗的,朦胧的;晦涩的,不清楚的;隐蔽的;不著名的,无名的vt. 使…模糊不清,掩盖;隐藏;使难理解n. 某种模糊的或不清楚的东西 例句: 1. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.杀戮持续了数月后,真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。 obscure 使费解,模糊来自拉丁语obscurus,黑暗的,遮盖的,来自ob-,在上,表强调,-scurus,遮盖的,来自PIE*skeu,遮盖,隐藏,词源同sky,house,hide.引申词义使费解,模糊。 obscureobscure: see skyobscure (adj.)c. 1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.obscure (v.)early 15c., "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Middle French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Related: Obscured; obscuring." |
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