im
adj
(-mmer, -mmest)
1
(a) where or which one cannot see well; not bright 光線暗淡的; 看不清的; 不光亮的; 昏暗的; 陰暗的
a dim corridor with no windows 沒有窗戶的昏暗走廊
the dim outline of buildings on a dark night 黑夜里建筑物朦朧的輪廓
reading by dim candle-light 就著微弱的燭光讀書.
(b) not clearly remembered; faint 記不清的; 記憶模糊的
a dim memory/recollection 淡淡的記憶[回憶].
2 (infml 口) (of people) lacking intelligence (指人)愚笨的.
3 (of the eyes, eyesight) not able to see well (指眼睛)看不清東西的; (視力)差的, 模糊的
His sight is getting dim. 他的視力越來越差了.
eyes dim with tears 迷離的淚眼.
4 (idm 習語) dim and distant (joc 謔) long past 很久以前
Once, in the dim and distant past, I was a student here. 我早八輩子的時候在這兒讀過書. dim, v (-mm-) [I, Tn]
(cause sth to) become dim 變暗淡或模糊; 使(某事物)暗淡或模糊
The stage lights (were) dimmed, and the play's first act was over. 舞臺燈光暗了下去, 這出戲的第一幕結束了.
Old age hasn't dimmed her memory. 她雖然年事已高, 但記憶并未模糊.
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折斷;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速傳(球);拍…的快照;
n. (樹枝等的)突然折斷;嚴厲的話;突然的撕咬;尤指關上或斷裂的聲音)啪嗒聲;
vi. 啪啪作響;(目光)閃耀;(牙齒等)咯咯作響;(精神)突然崩潰;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一聲扣下的;倉促的;
adv. 噼啪作響地;啪嗒一聲;猛然;