Pitch-black

释义 Definition

漆黑的；黑得像沥青一样的；伸手不见五指的（多用于强调几乎完全没有光）。也可引申为极其阴暗、毫无希望的（比喻用法）。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˌpɪtʃ ˈblæk/

例句 Examples

The room was pitch-black, so I turned on my phone light.
房间里一片漆黑，所以我打开了手机灯。

As the storm cut the power, the streets became pitch-black, and we had to move slowly to avoid falling.
暴风雨切断了电源，街道变得伸手不见五指，我们只好慢慢走以免摔倒。

词源 Etymology

pitch 原指“沥青/松脂（黑色黏稠物）”，black 为“黑色”。合起来的 pitch-black 字面意思就是“像沥青一样黑”，用来形容极深的黑暗，常见于描写夜晚、停电、洞穴等场景。

相关词 Related Words

• Dark
• Black
• Inky
• Gloomy
• Dim
• Shadowy
• Murky
• Opaque

文学作品示例 Literary Works

• Dracula（Bram Stoker）中常用“pitch-black darkness”等表达来渲染夜色与恐怖氛围。
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes（Arthur Conan Doyle）等侦探小说语境里常出现类似“pitch-black night”来营造紧张与未知感。