black
/blæk/ adjectif A1En français : noir, noir de monde
- Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. · The items around him were black in colour.
- Without light.
- Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above). · black drinking fountain; black hospital
- Of the spades or clubs suits. · I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened. · black magic
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen. · He shot her a black look.
- Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
Comparatif blacker · Superlatif blackest
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
In a very few moments it was necessary for Elaine to scramble to her feet, pick up her cloth of gold coverlet and pall of blackest samite and gaze blankly at a big crack in the bottom of her barge through which the water was literally pouring.
In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
“Look round you then.” Dantès rose and looked forward, when he saw rise within a hundred yards of him the black and frowning rock on which stands the Château d’If.
As Edmond paused, the black and bearded head of Caderousse appeared at the door.
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