Dim

(verb.) make dim or lusterless; 'Time had dimmed the silver'.

(verb.) become dim or lusterless; 'the lights dimmed and the curtain rose'.

(verb.) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.

(adj.) lacking in light; not bright or harsh; 'a dim light beside the bed'; 'subdued lights and soft music' .

(adj.) lacking clarity or distinctness; 'a dim figure in the distance'; 'only a faint recollection'; 'shadowy figures in the gloom'; 'saw a vague outline of a building through the fog'; 'a few wispy memories of childhood' .

录入:莫拉

• The light was dull; the distance was dim. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the chill air, in the dim light, in the gloomy morning silence of the house, we three sat down together, and tried to eat, tried to talk. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• A century has not dimmed Fulton’s fame, nor set aside his claim to be the practical inventor of the steamboat. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• As dawn approached, the setting stars and breaking day dimmed the creation of fancy; the wakened song of birds hushed her whispers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The ocean every moment assumed a more terrific aspect, while the twilight was dimmed by the rack which the west wind spread over the sky. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• His mother could not see him for awhile, through the mist that dimmed her eyes. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And is justice dimmer in the individual, and is her form different, or is she the same which we found her to be in the State? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• So did the old man, otherwise still unchanged in attitude; so, probably, did the old woman in her dimmer part of the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Dusk was beginning to reign; her parlour fire already glowed with twilight ruddiness; but I thought she wished the room dimmer, the hour later. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Yes, and more than that, this process of engraving is dimming to the eyes. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The dusk was just dimming the hollows of crowded houses. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He approached, with dimmest curiosity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Bearing these gifts, they raised the latch of Betty Higden's door, and saw her sitting in the dimmest and furthest corner with poor Johnny in her lap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In this no fatal blindness dims thine eyes. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

整理:怀亚特