black /blæk/ I. adj.1.黑色的 ①作表语和定语等：The sky grew black with clouds.乌云使天空暗下来。It was a cold and black night. 那是一个寒冷漆黑的夜晚。② 作修饰语或构成合成词：blackboard黑板；black coffee 浓咖啡；black market 黑市；blacklist 黑名单；black sheep害群之马；black tea红茶 2.黑人的：black race 黑色人种 The black slaves worked in the cotton fields. 黑奴在棉花地里干活。He hoped to be the first black member of Parliament. 他希望成为国会的第一个黑人成员。‖II. n. 1.［u］黑色：He was dressed in black. 他穿了一身黑。2.用于短语 in black and white 1. 白纸黑字的，书面的，非口头的：She had abandoned all hope of getting her contract down in black and white.她对以书面形式把合同肯定下来已不抱任何希望了。2. 非对即错，非好即坏：Children think in black and white, good and bad.孩子们认为一切不是黑就是白，不是好就是坏。 3.［c］黑人：M.L.King was the first American black to win a Nobel Prize. 马丁仿返路金是第一个获得诺贝尔奖金的美国黑人。‖III.vt.& vi. 弄黑，变黑：I blacked my shoes. 我擦黑了鞋。The sky blacked over.天空变黑了。