darkling

英式音标：darkling怎么读

美式音标：darkling怎么读

darkling词义

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adj. 黑暗中的；恐怖的adv. 在黑暗中v. 使暗（darkle的ing形式）

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1. He reeled and recovered , the darkling abyss below beckoning to him, inviting his fall.: 他蹒跚着, 努力恢复平衡.

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darkling (adv.): "in the dark," mid-15c., from dark (n.) + now-obsolete adverbial ending -ling (compare headlong).
But having nothing to do with the participial -ing it does not mean growing dark &c.; from the mistaken notion that it is a participle spring both the misuse of the word itself and the spurious verb darkle. [Fowler]