pitch-dark
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpitch-ˈdark adjective DARKcompletely dark 漆黑的 Outside it was pitch-dark and pouring with rain. 外面漆黑一片，大雨如注。► see thesaurus at dark
Examples from the Corpus
pitch-dark• Outside it was pitch-dark and spitting with rain.• It was pitch-dark and the house was very quiet when the first effects of the treatment woke him.• It was pitch-dark by now, and cold.• One is a realistic, pitch-dark forest of oaks - an ideal place for hide-and-seek in almost treeless Venice.• I'm not going in. It's pitch-dark in there!• He moved slowly and cautiously across the pitch-dark room until his knees touched the edge of the bed.ˌpitch-ˈdark adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus completely dark
pitch-dark
ˌpitch-ˈdark
adjective
completely dark:
Outside it was pitch-dark and pouring with rain.
▪ dark if a place is dark, there is little or no light: The room was very dark. | No, you can’t play outside, it’s too dark. | It was a dark night with clouds covering the moon.
▪dimly-lit a dimly-lit building or place is fairly dark because the lights there are not very bright: a dimly-lit restaurant | The church was dimly lit.
▪dim a dim light is fairly dark: The camera can take good pictures even in dim lighting. | The evening sky grew dim.
▪darkened a darkened room or building is darker than usual, especially because its lights have been turned off or the curtains have been drawn: The prisoner lay in a darkened room. | The play starts with a darkened stage, and the sound of a woman singing softly.
▪gloomy a gloomy place or room is not at all bright or cheerful: The bar was gloomy and smelled of stale cigar smoke.
▪murky dark and difficult to see through – used especially about water: the murky waters of the lake | I could hardly see him in the murky light of the bar.
▪pitch-dark/pitch-black completely dark, so that nothing can be seen: It was pitch-dark inside the shed.
▪shady a shady place is cooler and darker than the area around it, because the light of the sun cannot reach it: It was nice and shady under the trees. | They found a shady spot for a picnic.
ˌpitch-ˈdark
adjectivecompletely dark:
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