| 词汇 | black |
| 释义 | black Theme: COFFEE mod. without cream or milk. (Said of coffee.)I'd like mine black, please.Black coffee, good and hot, please. black 1. adjective 1 secret US, 1965. 2 extremely crowded IRELAND, 1998.► it's a black thing; it's a black thangused for identifying a behaviour or sensibility that is associated with black people US, 1993 2. noun 1 hashish. An all-purpose abbreviation for strains of dark-coloured cannabis resin, e.g. PAKISTANI BLACK US, 1975. 2 a black amphetamine capsule UK, 2003. 3 night US, 1947. 4 in American casinos, a $100 chip US, 1980.► in the blackfinancially solvent. From the pre-computer practice of recording credit items in black ink US, 1928.► on the blackengaged in black-market activities UK, 1961.► the black1. blackmail; the information held by a blackmailer. Hence, 'put the black on' (to blackmail) UK, 1970.2. the black market. During the war in Vietnam, the term referred specifically to the black market which flourished on Le Loi Street, Saigon UK, 1961 3. verb to blackmail someone. An abbreviation of the conventional activity UK, 1928 black out 1. black out to suddenly become unconscious: The driver of the car had apparently blacked out at the wheel. I felt as if I was suffocating, as if I was going to black out.■ SIMILAR TO: pass outblackout n C when you suddenly become unconscious: You'll have to go to the doctor if you keep having these blackouts.2. be blacked out if a room, building, or city is blacked out at night during a war, all the lights are turned off and the windows are covered with dark material, especially so that the buildings cannot be seen by enemy planes: During the NATO bombing, the city was blacked out and the cafes closed at 8 pm. The windows were permanently blacked out, the rooms turned by war into dirty, dismal places.blackout n C a period of time each night during a war when no lights can be used and windows must be covered with dark material, so that the buildings cannot be seen from the air: Kitty had had enough of the blackout, the bombings and the shortages. blackout curtains3. be blacked out if a building, city, country etc is blacked out, there are no lights on in it because the electricity has stopped working: From time to time the whole country was blacked out by power cuts. Large sections of the capital were blacked out following the earthquake.blackout n C when the electricity has stopped working so that there is no light available: Due to a power blackout, their hotel was in total darkness.4. black out sth • black sth out to cover something so that it cannot be seen, by using a dark mark or dark material: The car's license plate had been blacked out with tape. He was wearing a wig, and several of his teeth were blacked out.5. black out sth • black sth out to prevent a television or radio programme from being broadcast, or a news report from being seen or read, especially because it is damaging to a government in some way: The authorities in Belgrade blacked out news of what was happening in Kosovo.blackout n C when a radio or television programme is prevented from being broadcast, or a news report from being seen or read: Police ordered a news blackout while the negotiations to free the hostages were in progress. black mod. without cream or milk. (Said of coffee.) Black coffee, good and hot, please.
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