black

black out

To lose consciousness or memory temporarily

抑制，抹去：抑制（事实或记忆等），使之不在意识中出现

blacked out at the podium.

在指挥台上晕倒

blacked out many of my wartime experiences.

忘掉我在战争期间的许多经历

To prohibit the dissemination of, especially by censorship

封锁：尤指通过审查禁止传播

blacked out the news issuing from the rebel provinces.

封锁乱叛省份发出的新闻

To extinguish or conceal all lights that might help enemy aircraft find a target during an air raid.

对…实行灯火管制：在空袭中熄灭所有可能帮助敌机寻找目标的灯火

To extinguish all the lights on (a stage).

熄灯：（在舞台上）熄灭全部灯光

To cause a failure of electrical power in

停电：导致失去电力

Storm damage blacked out much of the region.

暴风雨的袭击使这个地区大范围断电

To withhold (a televised event or program) from a broadcast area

停止转播：不在电视上转播（事件或节目）

blacked out the football game on local stations.

地方台停止播放橄榄球赛

will black out the entire state to increase ticket sales for the game.

全国都不会电视转播这场比赛以增加票的销路

black someone's eye

hit someone in the eye so as to cause bruising

把某人眼眶打得青肿

in someone's black books

(informal)in disfavour with someone

(非正式)不受某人喜欢

look on the black side

(informal)view a situation from a pessimistic angle

(非正式)看阴暗面，悲观

men in black

(informal)anonymous dark-clothed men who supposedly visit people who have reported an encounter with a UFO or an alien in order to prevent them publicizing it

(非正式)黑衣人（据认为造访曾报告邂逅不明飞行物或外星人者的匿名黑衣人，目的在阻止其向公众透露消息）

not as black as one is painted

(informal)not as bad as one is said to be

(非正式)不像别人说的那么坏

black something out

(一般作 be blacked out)extinguish all lights or completely cover windows, especially for protection against an air attack or in order to provide darkness in which to show a film

（尤指为躲避空袭或放映电影）熄灭所有灯光；完全遮住窗户

obscure something completely so that it cannot be read or seen

使模糊不清

the number plate had been blacked out with masking tape.

这辆车的牌照被遮蔽胶带蒙住了。

in the black

On the credit side of a ledger; prosperous.

富裕的：在总帐目中有存款的一方的；富裕的