black-out

柯林斯詞典

black out (blacking,blacked,blacker,blacks,blackest)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time. 暫時失去知覺

  I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out. 我能感到血從臉上淌下來。我不知道自己是不是要昏過去了。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply. 使變成一片漆黑

  Large parts of Lima were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up. 電纜塔被炸后，利馬城的大部分地區(qū)陷入一片黑暗。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB If a film or a piece of writing is blacked out, it is prevented from being broadcast or published, usually because it contains information which is secret or offensive. 禁止播放; 禁止出版

  TV pictures of the demonstration were blacked out. 這次示威游行的電視報道被禁播了。

• 4. PHRASAL VERB If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen. 用黑色涂掉 (文字等)

  U.S. government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use. 美國政府的專家們檢查了每一頁，用黑色涂掉任何可能被外國情報專家利用的信息。

• 5. PHRASAL VERB If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you. 試圖抹掉 (記憶)

  I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. It was the easiest way of coping. 我試圖不去想它，將其從記憶中抹去。這是最容易的處理辦法了。

• 6. →see also blackout

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