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blacken sth
及物用法，常指使某物变黑。
The smoke had blackened the walls.
烟雾把墙壁熏黑了。
（使）变黑
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
（使）变黑
to make something black, or to become black
The smoke had blackened the walls.
烟雾把墙壁熏黑了。
诽谤或玷污
To defame or sully.
使变黑
make or become black
用胡椒等涂抹(肉或鱼)后在热锅中快速煎烤
To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
轻微烧焦
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
blacken
Base
原形
blackens
3rd person
第三人称单数
blackening
-ing
现在分词
blackened
Past
过去式
blackened
Past participle
过去分词
The smoke blackens the ceiling.
烟雾使天花板变黑。
The scandal blackened his reputation.
丑闻败坏了他的名声。
The clouds are blackening the sky.
乌云使天空变黑。
规则动词
The smoke had blackened the kitchen walls over the years.
多年下来，烟雾把厨房墙壁熏黑了。
AI contextual example
The politician's opponents tried to blacken his reputation with false accusations.
这位政客的对手试图用虚假指控诽谤他的名誉。
AI contextual example
The banana peel blackens quickly once exposed to air.
香蕉皮一旦接触空气就会很快变黑。
AI contextual example
The smoke blackened the ceiling
烟熏黑了天花板。
WordNet
及物用法，常指使某物变黑。
The smoke had blackened the walls.
烟雾把墙壁熏黑了。
比喻义，指败坏名誉。
He blackened her reputation with false rumors.
他用谣言玷污了她的名声。
不及物用法，表示变黑。
The sky blackened as the storm approached.
暴风雨来临时天空变黑了。
被动语态，常用于诋毁义。
His name was blackened by the scandal.
他的名字因丑闻而蒙羞。
Not this
The fire black the wall.
Use this
The fire blackened the wall.
误将形容词 'black' 用作动词。'blacken' 是及物动词，表示“使变黑”，需要加宾语。
Not this
The smoke blackened.
Use this
The smoke blackened the ceiling.
及物动词 'blacken' 缺少宾语，导致句意不完整。应明确说明使什么变黑。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
玷污某人的名声
The false accusations blackened her name.
不实指控玷污了她的名声。
表面焦黑的煎鱼（一种以香料裹后快煎的菜肴）
We ordered blackened fish at the restaurant.
我们在餐馆点了表面焦黑的煎鱼。
被烟熏黑
The walls were blackened by smoke.
墙壁被烟熏黑了。
天色变暗；天空变黑
The sky blackens before a storm.
暴风雨来临前，天色变暗。
烤焦的面包片
The blackened toast was inedible.
烤焦的面包片没法吃了。
败坏某人的名声
The false accusation blackened her name in the community.
这个不实指控败坏了她在社区里的名声。
损害某人的名誉；留下污点
He blackened his copybook by missing the deadline.
他因错过截止日期而损害了自己的名誉。
末日已被染黑。
This is the opening line of Metallica's 1988 song "Blackened" from the album ...And Justice for All, describing a post-nuclear-war apocalypse.
这是金属乐队1988年歌曲《Blackened》的开头一句，出自专辑《...And Justice for All》，描写核战争后的末日景象。
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black（黑）加上 -en（使……），烤肉烤过头变黑，就是 blacken。
语域：neutral 常见场景：food being scorched or burned、objects turning black、smoke or fire damage blacken 表示“（使）变黑”或“轻微烧焦”时，通常为中性表达，口语和书面语里都可见；多用来描述物体颜色变深、食物被烤焦等具体情景。
真正与 blacken /ˈblækən/ 押韵的是 slacken /ˈslækən/ 和 bracken /ˈbrækən/。bacon /ˈbeɪkən/、beacon /ˈbiːkən/、taken /ˈteɪkən/、shaken /ˈʃeɪkən/ 结尾的 /kən/ 读音相似，但重读元音不同，不押韵，注意不要混淆。
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