blacken
['blækən]
vt. 使黑, 诽谤

vi. 黑

[] 黑

1. The sky blackened.
   片漆黑。
2. The smoke had blackened the white walls of the kitchen.
   把厨房白墙壁熏黑。
3. Don't blacken my name by spreading rumors.
   散播流言,破坏誉。

blacken
[ verb ]

1. make or become black

<verb.change> black melanise melanize nigrify
The smoke blackened the ceiling
The ceiling blackened

2. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

<verb.change> char scorch sear
The cook blackened the chicken breast
The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
the flames scorched the ceiling

Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.
t. ]
1. To make or render black.

While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.

2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole
heavens.'' --South.

3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
vice blackens the character.

Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.


Blacken \Black"en\, v. i.
To grow black or dark.