Word · Frequency #16332
raven
乌黑的；墨黑的
jet-black and glossy, like the color of a raven's feathers
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Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
乌鸦羽毛的漆黑色且常带光泽的颜色
乌鸦羽毛的漆黑色且常带光泽的颜色；乌黑的
In use
She wore a raven dress to the evening party.
The actress's raven hair shone under the stage lights.
His raven coat blended perfectly with the dark night.
raven [noun]
raven 作形容词时通常用在名词前，形容头发、羽毛等漆黑发亮的颜色。
The painting shows a woman with raven hair.
这幅画画的是一位长着乌黑头发的女子。
[noun] is raven
这种表语用法较少见，但语法上成立；日常更常用作定语。
Her hair is raven under the lamplight.
灯光下她的头发乌黑发亮。
Common mistakes
She has a raven-black hair.She has raven-black hair.
在英语中，hair 表示“头发”时是不可数名词，指整头头发不能用 a hair；只有指“一根头发”时才是 a hair。因此应去掉不定冠词 a，改为 She has raven-black hair。
She has crow-black hair.She has raven-black hair.
英语中形容乌黑亮泽的头发，惯用固定搭配 raven-black（渡鸦羽毛般的乌黑色），而 crow 没有这种比喻用法。raven 本身可作形容词表示“乌黑光亮的”，crow 则一般只作名词，所以这里需用 raven-black。
She is raven.She has raven hair.
形容词 raven 只能修饰具体名词（如 hair, feathers），表示“乌黑发亮的”，不能直接作表语来描写一个人。要表达“她有一头乌黑亮泽的头发”，应说 She has raven hair 或 She is raven-haired。
Connections
Collocations
- raven hair
- 乌黑发亮的头发
- She had long raven hair that shone in the sunlight.她有一头在阳光下闪闪发亮的乌黑长发。
- raven locks
- 乌黑的秀发
- The actress's raven locks were her trademark.那位女演员乌黑的秀发是她的标志。
- raven tresses
- 乌黑的长发
- Her raven tresses fell past her shoulders.她乌黑的长发垂过肩膀。
- raven mane
- 浓密乌黑的头发
- He shook his raven mane and laughed.他甩了甩浓密乌黑的头发，笑了起来。
- raven curls
- 乌黑的卷发
- Her raven curls bounced as she walked.她走路时，乌黑的卷发一蹦一跳的。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一只大乌鸦（raven）停在枝头，羽毛漆黑发亮，于是raven作形容词就是“乌黑油亮的黑”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、诗歌、正式书面语 raven 作形容词表示“乌黑的、墨黑的”时，通常用于文学或诗歌描写，如形容“乌黑的头发”或“黑亮的羽毛”，比较常见于正式书面语，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
craven、graven、shaven、haven、maven 都与 raven /ˈreɪvən/ 押韵，拼写中都含有 aven。注意：heaven /ˈhɛvən/ 和 seven /ˈsɛvən/ 拼写相近，但元音是短 /ɛ/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.