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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++murk /mɜːk $ mɜːrk/ noun [uncountable] literary  DARKdarkness caused by smoke, dirt, or clouds 〔烟、尘或云造成的〕黑暗,昏暗,阴沉 SYN gloom
Examples from the Corpus
murkAs divers tried to work in the mud and murk, relatives of the victims gathered near the crash site.The headlights cut into the growing murk.One afternoon I saw the huge grey mass of a supertanker steering towards us, some three miles distant in the murk.Susan could see a gaslamp vaguely in the murk, and hear the clip of hooves on cobblestones.She turned on her heel and vanished into the murk.Piper O'Rourke stepped out of the murk behind them, wearing a concerned expression.Out of the murk appeared a large squadron of warships.Yet the murk looked no thicker.
Origin murk Old English mirce
murk nounChinese
clouds or by smoke, darkness caused Corpus dirt,


murk
murk /mɜːk $ mɜːrk/ noun [uncountable] literary
 Language: Old English
 Origin: mirce
darkness caused by smoke, dirt, or clouds
   SYN  gloom


murkBrE /mɜːk/ 🔊NAmE /mɜːrk/ 🔊 noun (usually the murk) [uncountable] darkness caused by smoke, fog , etc. 阴暗;昏暗 SYN gloom