adj.暗淡的；模糊的；笨的

v.使暗淡；使失去光澤

n.車頭近光燈；停車燈

Most comets are so dim that they can not be seen by the naked eye. 彗星很暗淡,肉眼看不見。

He spoke with firmness, but his face was very sad and his eyes at times were dim. 他講話時預(yù)期堅定，但面帶愁容，時而眼神暗淡。

I made out two dim shapes in the gloom. 我在朦朧中看出有兩個模糊的影子。

Old age hasn't dimmed her memory. 她雖然年事已高，但記憶并未模糊。

The light of a candle is dimmed by sunlight. 燭光在日光下顯得很黯淡。

Please dim out the stage for the final scene. 請在最后一場即將開演時使舞臺燈光轉(zhuǎn)暗。

My obscure lines shall not so dim their worth. 我無名的詩行不會使他們黯然失色。

Decades don't dim China's memory of Sino-Japan war. 時光并不能模糊中國對抗日戰(zhàn)爭的記憶。

dim的基本意思是通過減少照明等使事物的亮度和清晰度減弱,難以看清。

dim可用作不及物動詞,意為“(燈光等)變暗淡”; 也可用作及物動詞,意為“使(燈光等)變暗淡”或“使(眼睛)變模糊”。

dim接out可表示“變?nèi)酢?而dim up則指“逐漸增強”。