dimmest 暗淡的(dim的最高级)
- Secondly, not all stars within this volume may yet have been discovered, although this is only likely for the very dimmest red or brown dwarf stars.
第二,并不是在这个范围内的所有恒星都被我们发现了,虽然尚未发现的很可能只有些非常暗淡的红或褐矮星。 - He became increasingly suspicious, even paranoid, without having the dimmest awareness of the fact that he was perhaps becoming a different person from what he once was.
他越来越多疑,甚至到了偏执的程度,但丝毫没有意识到他也许要变成一个与过去截然不同的人。 - A brown dwarf found hiding 75 light-years from Earth is the coldest and dimmest ever discovered, a new study reports.
距最近一项研究发现,在距地球75光年的地方,隐藏着一颗棕矮星,它是迄今为止所发现的最冷最暗的星。
Dim \Dim\, a. [Compar. {Dimmer}; superl. {Dimmest}.] [AS. dim;
akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of
uncertain origin.]
1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness;
obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure;
indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell.
How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1.
I never saw
The heavens so dim by day. --Shak.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
--Wordsworth.
2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of
apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job
xvii. 7.
The understanding is dim. --Rogers.
Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull;
sullied; tarnished.