Dimmed

(adj.) made dim or less bright; 'the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation'; 'dimmed headlights'; 'we like dimmed lights when we have dinner' .

校对:凯特

• 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.
• As he sank to the level of this opening, the light of the street, no longer dimmed by the dusty glass, fell full upon his face. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It had been a pleasant day: it would have been perfect, but for the breathing of melancholy which had dimmed its sunshine a moment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And there was always the other great dread--of himself becoming dimmed and forever ray-shorn in her eyes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her eyes (and age had dimmed but little of their brightness) were attentively upon her young companion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• At first, there were times, though she was a perfectly happy young wife, when her work would slowly fall from her hands, and her eyes would be dimmed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Looking up, I, with tear-dimmed eyes, saw the mighty Milky- way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Leah stood up in the window-seat, rubbing the panes of glass dimmed with smoke. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Reading them over Johnny, he thought of his own six children, but not of his poverty, and read them with dimmed eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Let the Summer sun to his bright home run, He shall never be sought by me; When he's dimmed by a cloud I can laugh aloud And care not how sulky he be! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She passed away noiselessly, and the moonlight kissed the wall which her shadow had dimmed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Because if you did want to,' pursued Mr Wegg, the brilliancy of whose point was dimmed by his having been unexpectedly answered: 'you wouldn't be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I feel now like a man who has redeemed a failing reputation and shed luster upon a dimmed escutcheon, by a single just deed done at the eleventh hour. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• My eye was not dimmed by those tears nor my heart in aught weakened. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her stately beauty was dimmed with much watching and with many tears. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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