black out

柯林斯词典

black out (blacking,blacked,blacker,blacks,blackest)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time. 暂时失去知觉

  I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out. 我能感到血从脸上淌下来。我不知道自己是不是要昏过去了。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply. 使变成一片漆黑

  Large parts of Lima were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up. 电缆塔被炸后，利马城的大部分地区陷入一片黑暗。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB If a film or a piece of writing is blacked out, it is prevented from being broadcast or published, usually because it contains information which is secret or offensive. 禁止播放; 禁止出版

  TV pictures of the demonstration were blacked out. 这次示威游行的电视报道被禁播了。

• 4. PHRASAL VERB If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen. 用黑色涂掉 (文字等)

  U.S. government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use. 美国政府的专家们检查了每一页，用黑色涂掉任何可能被外国情报专家利用的信息。

• 5. PHRASAL VERB If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you. 试图抹掉 (记忆)

  I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. It was the easiest way of coping. 我试图不去想它，将其从记忆中抹去。这是最容易的处理办法了。

• 6. →see also blackout

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