obscure 音标拼音: [əbskj'ʊr]
a . 微暗的,难解的,含糊的,晦涩的,偏僻的,不著名的
vt . 使阴暗,隐藏,使含糊
微暗的,难解的,含糊的,晦涩的,偏僻的,不着名的使阴暗,隐藏,使含糊
obscure adj 1 :
not clearly understood or expressed ; "
an obscure turn of phrase "; "
an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit "-
Anatole Broyard ; "
their descriptions of human behavior become vague ,
dull ,
and unclear "-
P .
A .
Sorokin ; "
vague ...
forms of speech ...
have so long passed for mysteries of science "-
John Locke [
synonym :
{
obscure }, {
vague }]
2 :
marked by difficulty of style or expression ; "
much that was dark is now quite clear to me "; "
those who do not appreciate Kafka '
s work say his style is obscure " [
synonym : {
dark },
{
obscure }]
3 :
difficult to find ; "
hidden valleys "; "
a hidden cave "; "
an obscure retreat " [
synonym : {
hidden }, {
obscure }]
4 :
not famous or acclaimed ; "
an obscure family "; "
unsung heroes of the war " [
synonym : {
obscure }, {
unknown }, {
unsung }]
5 :
not drawing attention ; "
an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet "; "
an obscure flaw " [
synonym : {
obscure }, {
unnoticeable }]
6 :
remote and separate physically or socially ; "
existed over the centuries as a world apart "; "
preserved because they inhabited a place apart "-
W .
H .
Hudson ; "
tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization "; "
an obscure village "
[
synonym : {
apart (
p )}, {
isolated }, {
obscure }]
v 1 :
make less visible or unclear ; "
The stars are obscured by the clouds "; "
the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley " [
synonym : {
obscure }, {
befog }, {
becloud }, {
obnubilate },
{
haze over }, {
fog }, {
cloud }, {
mist }]
2 :
make unclear ,
indistinct ,
or blurred ; "
Her remarks confused the debate "; "
Their words obnubilate their intentions " [
synonym :
{
confuse }, {
blur }, {
obscure }, {
obnubilate }]
3 :
make obscure or unclear ; "
The distinction was obscured " [
synonym :
{
obscure }, {
bedim }, {
overcloud }]
4 :
reduce a vowel to a neutral one ,
such as a schwa 5 :
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing ; "
a hidden message "; "
a veiled threat " [
synonym :
{
obscure }, {
blot out }, {
obliterate }, {
veil }, {
hide }]
Obscure \
Ob *
scure "\ ([
o ^]
b *
sk [=
u ]
r "),
a . [
Compar . {
Obscurer }
([
o ^]
b *
sk [=
u ]
r "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Obscurest }.] [
L .
obscurus ,
orig .,
covered ;
ob - (
see {
Ob -})
a root probably meaning ,
to cover ;
cf .
L .
scutum shield ,
Skr .
sku to cover :
cf .
F .
obscur .
Cf . {
Sky }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Covered over ,
shaded ,
or darkened ;
destitute of light ;
imperfectly illuminated ;
dusky ;
dim .
[
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His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness .
--
Prov .
xx .
20 .
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2 .
Of or pertaining to darkness or night ;
inconspicuous to the sight ;
indistinctly seen ;
hidden ;
retired ;
remote from observation ;
unnoticed .
[
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The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night . --
Shak .
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The obscure corners of the earth . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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3 .
Not noticeable ;
humble ;
mean . "
O base and obscure vulgar ."
--
Shak . "
An obscure person ." --
Atterbury .
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4 .
Not easily understood ;
not clear or legible ;
abstruse or incomprehensible ;
as ,
an obscure passage or inscription .
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5 .
Not clear ,
full ,
or distinct ;
clouded ;
imperfect ;
as ,
an obscure view of remote objects .
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{
Obscure rays } (
Opt .),
those rays which are not luminous or visible ,
and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion .
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Syn :
Dark ;
dim ;
darksome ;
dusky ;
shadowy ;
misty ;
abstruse ;
intricate ;
difficult ;
mysterious ;
retired ;
unnoticed ;
unknown ;
humble ;
mean ;
indistinct .
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Obscure \
Ob *
scure "\ ([
o ^]
b *
sk [=
u ]
r "),
v .
i .
To conceal one '
s self ;
to hide ;
to keep dark . [
Obs .]
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How !
There '
s bad news .
I must obscure ,
and hear it . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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Obscure \
Ob *
scure "\,
n .
Obscurity . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
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Obscure \
Ob *
scure "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Obscured }
([
o ^]
b *
sk [=
u ]
rd ");
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Obscuring }.] [
L .
obscurare ,
fr .
obscurus :
cf .
OF .
obscurer .
See {
Obscure },
a .]
To render obscure ;
to darken ;
to make dim ;
to keep in the dark ;
to hide ;
to make less visible ,
intelligible ,
legible ,
glorious ,
beautiful ,
or illustrious .
[
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They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne '
s oak ,
with obscured lights . --
Shak .
[
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Why , '
t is an office of discovery ,
love ,
And I should be obscured . --
Shak .
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There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this . --
Wake .
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And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame ? --
Dryden .
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420 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obscure ":
Cimmerian ,
abstruse ,
adiaphanous ,
adumbrate ,
aleatoric ,
aleatory ,
ambiguous ,
amorphic ,
amorphous ,
amphibological ,
anarchic ,
anonymous ,
apply to ,
arcane ,
around the bush ,
back of beyond ,
baffling ,
baggy ,
bandage ,
beamless ,
beat about ,
becloud ,
beclouded ,
bedarken ,
bedazzle ,
bedim ,
befog ,
befogged ,
beg the question ,
begloom ,
belie ,
bemist ,
benight ,
beyond one ,
bicker ,
black ,
black as night ,
black out ,
blacken ,
blanket ,
blear ,
bleared ,
bleary ,
blind ,
blind the eyes ,
blindfold ,
blobby ,
block ,
block the light ,
blot out ,
blur ,
blurred ,
blurry ,
boggle ,
broad ,
brown ,
buried ,
caliginous ,
camouflage ,
canopy ,
cast a shadow ,
cavil ,
chance ,
chancy ,
chaotic ,
characterless ,
choplogic ,
clabber up ,
clear as mud ,
cloak ,
close ,
clothe ,
cloud ,
cloud over ,
cloud up ,
clouded ,
cloudy ,
complex ,
complicate ,
complicated ,
conceal ,
concealed ,
confuse ,
confused ,
confusing ,
cope ,
corrupt ,
cover ,
cover up ,
covered ,
covert ,
cowl ,
crabbed ,
cramp ,
cryptic ,
curtain ,
dark ,
dark as night ,
dark as pitch ,
darken ,
darken over ,
darkling ,
darksome ,
daze ,
dazzle ,
deform ,
deprive of sight ,
devious ,
difficult ,
dim ,
dim out ,
disguise ,
dismal ,
disorder ,
disordered ,
disorderly ,
dissemble ,
distant ,
distort ,
distract attention from ,
dodge ,
double -
edged ,
double -
faced ,
doubtful ,
dubious ,
dull ,
dusk ,
dusky ,
ebon ,
ebony ,
eclipse ,
eclipsed ,
encloud ,
encompass with shadow ,
enigmatic ,
enmist ,
ensconce ,
enshroud ,
envelop ,
equivocal ,
equivocate ,
esoteric ,
evade ,
evade the issue ,
excecate ,
faint ,
falsify ,
far ,
far -
off ,
featureless ,
feeble ,
fence ,
film ,
filmy ,
fog ,
fog up ,
foggy ,
foreign ,
formless ,
fuliginous ,
fuzz ,
fuzzy ,
garble ,
garbled ,
general ,
glare ,
gloom ,
gloomy ,
gloss over ,
gouge ,
grumly ,
half -
seen ,
half -
visible ,
hard ,
hard to understand ,
haze ,
hazy ,
hedge ,
hid ,
hidden ,
hide ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
hood ,
hoodwink ,
humble ,
ignotus ,
ill -
defined ,
illegible ,
impervious to light ,
imprecise ,
in a cloud ,
in a fog ,
in eclipse ,
in purdah ,
in the wings ,
inaccessible ,
inaccurate ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
incommunicado ,
incomprehensible ,
inconclusive ,
inconsequential ,
inconspicuous ,
indecisive ,
indefinable ,
indefinite ,
indeterminable ,
indeterminate ,
indistinct ,
indistinguishable ,
inexact ,
inexplicable ,
inform ,
inglorious ,
inscrutable ,
insignificant ,
intransparent ,
intricate ,
jumble ,
jumbled ,
kaleidoscopic ,
keep from ,
keep under cover ,
knotty ,
latent ,
lax ,
lay on ,
lay over ,
little known ,
lonesome ,
loose ,
low -
profile ,
lowly ,
lumpen ,
make blind ,
make uncertain ,
make unintelligible ,
mantle ,
mask ,
mean ,
merely glimpsed ,
mess up ,
minor ,
misadvise ,
misdirect ,
miseducate ,
misguide ,
misinform ,
misinstruct ,
mislead ,
misrepresent ,
mist ,
misteach ,
misty ,
muddle ,
muddy ,
muffle ,
murk ,
murky ,
mysterious ,
mystic ,
mystical ,
mystify ,
mystifying ,
nameless ,
nebulous ,
night -
black ,
night -
clad ,
night -
cloaked ,
night -
dark ,
night -
enshrouded ,
night -
filled ,
night -
mantled ,
night -
veiled ,
nitpick ,
no credit to ,
nondescript ,
nonspecific ,
nubilate ,
nubilous ,
obduce ,
obfuscate ,
obfuscated ,
obnubilate ,
obscured ,
obumbrate ,
occult ,
occultate ,
occulted ,
odd ,
opaque ,
orderless ,
out of focus ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
overcast ,
overcloud ,
overlay ,
overshadow ,
oversmoke ,
overspread ,
overtechnical ,
pale ,
palter ,
parry ,
perplexed ,
perplexing ,
pervert ,
pick nits ,
pitch -
black ,
pitch -
dark ,
pitchy ,
prevaricate ,
pussyfoot ,
put on ,
puzzling ,
quibble ,
random ,
rayless ,
recondite ,
remote ,
removed ,
renownless ,
retired ,
roiled ,
roily ,
scramble ,
scrambled ,
screen ,
scum ,
secluded ,
secluse ,
secret ,
semivisible ,
sequestered ,
shade ,
shadow ,
shadowed forth ,
shadowy ,
shady ,
shapeless ,
shield ,
shift ,
shroud ,
shuffle ,
shy ,
sidestep ,
slur over ,
smog ,
smoke ,
snow -
blind ,
solitary ,
somber ,
split hairs ,
spread over ,
starless ,
stochastic ,
strange ,
strike blind ,
subfusc ,
sunless ,
superimpose ,
superpose ,
sweeping ,
tenebrious ,
tenebrose ,
tenebrous ,
tergiversate ,
tough ,
transcendent ,
turbid ,
umbral ,
uncelebrated ,
uncertain ,
unclear ,
undefined ,
under an eclipse ,
under cover ,
under house arrest ,
under wraps ,
underground ,
undestined ,
undetermined ,
undistinguished ,
unemphatic ,
unfamed ,
unfamiliar ,
unfathomable ,
unform ,
unglorified ,
unheard -
of ,
unhonored ,
unilluminated ,
unimportant ,
unintelligible ,
unknown ,
unlighted ,
unlit ,
unnamed ,
unnotable ,
unnoted ,
unnoticeable ,
unnoticed ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unplain ,
unpopular ,
unrecognizable ,
unremarked ,
unrenowned ,
unshape ,
unspecified ,
unsung ,
vague ,
varnish ,
veil ,
veiled ,
weak ,
whitewash ,
wrapped in clouds
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