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blackout n.断电；灯火管制；暂时的意识丧失；（新闻的）封锁；（广播的）中断 (1) 断电时街上黑沉沉。(2) 灯火管制期间，夜晚街道没有照明。(3) 事故发生后，他晕过去一阵子。(4) 那天晚上发生的事情他全都记不清了。(5) 有人指责政府封锁有关选举舞弊的新闻报道。 During a war or an energy crisis, a city may impose a blackout on its citizens, requiring them to turn off all lights and, during bombing raids, to cover windows and limit activity. There is also a figurative kind of blackout, when a government suppresses information deliberately, not allowing newspapers and TV stations to report what's really happening. Someone who faints or passes out experiences yet another kind of blackout, a loss of consciousness.

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英 ['blækaʊt] 美 ['blækaʊt] (1) The streets were very dark during the blackout.(2) The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout.(3) He had had a blackout after the accident.(4) He has a total blackout for events of the evening.(5) The government have been accused of maintaining a news blackout over election fraud. A blackout is a sudden loss of electricity in a town or city. If you experience a blackout, it's helpful to have flashlights and candles handy. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（战时）灯火管制期 A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.   [usu sing]...blackout curtains.遮光幕帘2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（新闻等的）禁播，封锁，禁止出版 If a blackout is imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.   [usu sing]...a media blackout imposed by the Imperial Palace...皇宫施行的新闻封锁Journalists said there was a virtual news blackout about the rally.记者们说有关这场集会的新闻实际上被封锁了。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]停电；断电 If there is a power blackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off.   [usu sing]There was an electricity black-out in a large area in the north of the country.该国北部大片地区断电。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]晕厥；暂时昏迷 If you have a blackout, you temporarily lose consciousness. I suffered a black-out which lasted for several minutes.我昏迷了几分钟。

英语单词	blackout
英美音标	英 ['blækaʊt] 美 ['blækaʊt]
中文释义	n.断电；灯火管制；暂时的意识丧失；（新闻的）封锁；（广播的）中断
英语例句	(1) The streets were very dark during the blackout. (2) The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout. (3) He had had a blackout after the accident. (4) He has a total blackout for events of the evening. (5) The government have been accused of maintaining a news blackout over election fraud.
中文例句	(1) 断电时街上黑沉沉。 (2) 灯火管制期间，夜晚街道没有照明。 (3) 事故发生后，他晕过去一阵子。 (4) 那天晚上发生的事情他全都记不清了。 (5) 有人指责政府封锁有关选举舞弊的新闻报道。
vocabulary简明	A blackout is a sudden loss of electricity in a town or city. If you experience a blackout, it's helpful to have flashlights and candles handy.
vocabulary扩展	During a war or an energy crisis, a city may impose a blackout on its citizens, requiring them to turn off all lights and, during bombing raids, to cover windows and limit activity. There is also a figurative kind of blackout, when a government suppresses information deliberately, not allowing newspapers and TV stations to report what's really happening. Someone who faints or passes out experiences yet another kind of blackout, a loss of consciousness.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（战时）灯火管制期 A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes. [usu sing] ...blackout curtains. 遮光幕帘 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（新闻等的）禁播，封锁，禁止出版 If a blackout is imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it. [usu sing] ...a media blackout imposed by the Imperial Palace... 皇宫施行的新闻封锁 Journalists said there was a virtual news blackout about the rally. 记者们说有关这场集会的新闻实际上被封锁了。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]停电；断电 If there is a power blackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off. [usu sing] There was an electricity black-out in a large area in the north of the country. 该国北部大片地区断电。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]晕厥；暂时昏迷 If you have a blackout, you temporarily lose consciousness. I suffered a black-out which lasted for several minutes. 我昏迷了几分钟。

Blackout N Count 可数名词 Electricity [Usu Sing Streets Dark