black /blæk/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
• (n.) British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
• (n.) popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

Chinese translation

• n. 黑色, 黑颜料
• a. 黑色的

Word details

Part of speech

adjective

Pronunciation

/blæk/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 5.46 · Common

Word forms

blacked, blacking, blacks, blacker, blackest

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