dim

英[dɪm] 美[dɪm]

第三人称单数: dims;过去式: dimmed;过去分词: dimmed;现在分词: dimming;比较级: dimmer;最高级: dimmest;名词: dimness;

1. 谐音“地墓” --- 地下坟墓，地下墓穴 --- 地下的坟墓 --- 地下的坟墓没有什么光线，当然是昏暗的、阴暗的。
2. 抵暮，底暮 ---- 抵达暮色，进入暮色；底下、地下一片暮色。

dim 昏暗的

来自PIE*dhem, 烟，雾，模糊，词源同dumb. dull.

dim (adj.): Old English dimm "dark, gloomy, obscure," from Proto-Germanic *dimbaz (cognates: Old Norse dimmr, Old Frisian dim, Old High German timber "dark, black, somber"). Not known outside Germanic. Slang sense of "stupid" is from 1892. Related: Dimly; dimness.
dim (v.): c. 1200, perhaps in Old English, from dim (adj.). Related: Dimmed; dimming.

1. A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.: 有几个是愚笨的寄生虫，但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。

2. Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair.: 阿利斯泰尔看见了坐在椅子里的罗丝的模糊身影。

3. His punishing schedule seemed to dim his fire at times.: 繁忙的日程似乎有时让他精力不济。

4. Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.: 皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。