プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
くらい【暗い】
&fRoman1;
❶〔光が〕dark；〔薄暗い〕dusky, dim
暗い日だ
The sky is overcast today.／What gloomy weather!
朝まだ暗いうちに
before daybreak
窓辺の木の陰で部屋の中が暗い
The room 「is dark [gets little light] because of the tree standing in front of the window.
明りが暗くて本が読めない
The light is so dim that I can't read (the book).
暗くする
darken／make dim
空が暗くなって雨が降りそうだ
The sky is clouding over and it looks like rain.
突然目の前が暗くなってばったり倒れた
Suddenly everything went dark, and I fell.
❷〔色が〕
暗い赤［青］
dark red [blue]
&fRoman2;
❶〔気持ちが沈むような〕gloomy
暗い音楽
melancholy music
その知らせを聞いて気分が暗くなった
The news made us feel gloomy [depressed].
暗い顔をする
look gloomy／pull a long face
彼女の顔がさっと暗くなった
A shadow [cloud] passed over her face.
見通しは暗い
Our prospects are gloomy.／We face a black [bleak] future.
彼は低く暗い声で答えた
He answered in a low, dismal voice.
❷〔よく知らない〕not familiar ((with))；not well acquainted ((with))；〔不案内である〕be a stranger
彼は世事に暗い
He knows 「very little [《文》 but little] of the world.
情勢に暗い
He knows nothing about the situation.／He is ignorant of the state of affairs.
来たばかりでこの町の地理には全く暗い
I am a complete stranger in this town.
事情に暗いので黙っていた
I said nothing because I didn't know what was going on.
❸〔後ろ暗い〕
何も後ろ暗いところはありません
I have a clear conscience.
彼女には暗い過去があるらしい
She seems to have a past.
あの一家には暗い秘密があるらしい
That family seems to have a skeleton in the closet [《英》 cupboard].