dims

英 [dɪmz]

美 [dɪmz]

v.  (使)变暗淡，变微弱，变昏暗; (使)减弱，变淡漠，失去光泽
dim的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (光线)昏暗的，暗淡的
  Dimlight is not bright.
  1. She stood waiting, in the dim light...
     她站在昏暗的光线下等待。
  2. Below decks, the lights were dim.
     船舱里灯光昏暗。
• ADJ-GRADED (地方)昏暗的，阴暗的
  Adimplace is rather dark because there is not much light in it.
  1. The room was dim and cool and quiet.
     房间里阴暗、清冷，静悄悄的。
• ADJ-GRADED (人影、物体)隐约的，蒙眬的，不分明的
  Adimfigure or object is not very easy to see, either because it is in shadow or darkness, or because it is far away.
  1. Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
     皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。
• ADJ-GRADED (记忆、理解)模糊的，依稀的，不清晰的
  If you have adimmemory or understanding of something, it is difficult to remember or is unclear in your mind.
  1. It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
     20 世纪 60 年代的社会激进主义似乎只是一个模糊的记忆。
• ADJ-GRADED (前景)灰暗的，渺茫的，不光明的
  If the future of something isdim, you have no reason to feel hopeful or positive about it.
  1. The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.
     和平解决的希望非常渺茫。
• (人)愚笨的，迟钝的
  If you describe someone asdim, you think that they are stupid.
• V-ERG (使)（灯光）变昏暗;(使)变暗淡
  If youdima light or if itdims, it becomes less bright.
  1. Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a bright light shining in your eyes...
     把灯光调暗一些——躺着时眼前灯光太强很不舒服。
  2. The houselights dimmed.
     观众席的灯暗了下来。
• VERB 将(汽车前灯)调为近光;使减光
  If you are driving a car anddimthe headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers.
  1. Dim your lights behind that car.
     开到那辆车后面时将前灯调为近光。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 dip


• V-ERG (使)(前景、希望等)变渺茫;(使)（感情等）淡化
  If your future, hopes, or emotionsdimor if somethingdimsthem, they become less good or less strong.
  1. Their economic prospects have dimmed...
     他们的经济前景变得很暗淡。
  2. Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
     48 年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。
• V-ERG (使)(视力)变差；（使）看不分明
  If your eyesdimorare dimmedby something, they become weaker or unable to see clearly.
  1. Her eyes dimmed with sorrow...
     悲痛之下，她泪眼蒙眬。
  2. The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.
     他眼中闪烁的光芒被泪水模糊了。
• V-ERG (使)(记忆)变模糊;(使)变得不清晰
  If your memoriesdimor if somethingdimsthem, they become less clear in your mind.
  1. Their memory of what happened has dimmed...
     他们对所发生事情的记忆变得模糊了。
  2. The intervening years had dimmed his memory.
     经过了其间那么多年他的记忆已经不大清楚了。
• totake a dim view→ see:view

双语例句

• Experts said lighting won't be affected in the afternoon and people should even be able to see the eclipse while the sunlight dims.
  专家认为，当天下午的光照条件不会受到影响，傍晚光线暗下去后，人们仍然能够看到日食。
• The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes.
  月有暗淡和明亮，有月盈和月亏。
• Your clear light dims, gets dressed, drops its leaves.
  你清澈的光变暗，穿衣，抖掉叶子。
• 10 rhesus monkeys which had been exposed each to the bite of 98-169 Anopheles dims with heavy gland infection of P. cynomolgi were observed for the incidence and frequency of relapses within 6 months after infection.
  用重感染食蟹猴疟原虫的大劣按蚊叮刺感染10只健康恒河猴，每只猴各受到98～169只腺阳性蚊的叮刺。
• DIMs are typically XML-based and used to exchange messages in a business-to-business ( B2B) environment.
  DIM是典型的基于XML的模型，用于B2B环境中的信息交换。
• Researching and Designing of DIMS and its Checking Modul The Effect for Isolation Material to Modul Isolation Voltage
  分布式库存管理系统及其盘点模块的研究与设计绝缘材料对模块绝缘电压的影响
• A Preliminary Observation on the Susceptibility of Anopheles dims to plasmodium yoelii
  大劣按蚊对约氏疟原虫敏感性的初步观察
• "People have sorrow and joy; they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the olden days" I mean it is full of experience-of people's feelings and sorrows.
  人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全我的意思是说它充满各种经历&人生的悲欢离合。
• The dominance of English dims the prospects of students who are too poor to attend an English-language school.
  英语的主导地位让因为太穷而无法在英语学校就读的学生前途无亮。
• Effect of Artesunate on the Development of Plasmodium cynomolgi in Anopheles dims
  青蒿琥酯对食蟹猴疟原虫在按蚊体内发育的影响