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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   dim

   • IPA[dim]

   美式

   • adj.
     (of a light, color, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly；(of an object or shape) made difficult to see by darkness, shade, or distance
   • v.
     make or become less bright or distinct；lower (a vehicle's headlights) from high to low beam
2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (of a light, color, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly her face was softened by the dim light 同義詞 faint, weak, feeble, soft, pale, ... 更多dull, dingy, subdued, muted, flat, lusterless, informalwishy-washy反義詞 bright
   • ▪ (of an object or shape) made difficult to see by darkness, shade, or distance a dim figure in the dark kitchen 同義詞 indistinct, ill-defined, unclear, vague, shadowy, ... 更多imperceptible, nebulous, obscured, blurred, blurry, fuzzy, bleary, rareobfuscated反義詞 distinct
   • ▪ (of a room or other space) made difficult to see in by darkness long dim corridors 同義詞 dark, darkish, somber, dingy, dismal, ... 更多gloomy, dusky, murky, gray, overcast, leaden, cloudy, misty, foggy, badly lit, poorly lit, ill-lit, unlit, unilluminated, literarycrepuscular, tenebrous, rareStygian, Cimmerian, caliginous反義詞 bright
   • ▪ (of the eyes) not able to see clearly his eyes became dim
   • ▪ (of a sound) indistinct or muffled the dim drone of their voices
   • 2. not clearly recalled or formulated in the mind the matter was in the dim and distant past she had dim memories of that time 同義詞 vague, unclear, indistinct, imprecise, imperfect, ... 更多confused, sketchy, hazy, blurred, shadowy, foggy, obscure, remote反義詞 clear
   • ▪ (of prospects) not giving cause for hope or optimism their prospects for the future looked pretty dim 同義詞 gloomy, somber, unpromising, unfavorable, discouraging, ... 更多disheartening, depressing, dispiriting反義詞 encouraging
   • 3. informal stupid or slow to understand you're just incredibly dim 同義詞 stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, ... 更多mindless, foolish, dull-witted, dull, slow-witted, witless, slow, dunce-like, simpleminded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, halfwitted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, imbecile, obtuse, doltish, gullible, naive, informalthick, dumb, dopey, dozy, crazy, cretinous, birdbrained, peabrained, pig-ignorant, bovine, slow on the uptake, soft in the head, brain-dead, boneheaded, lamebrained, thickheaded, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden, wooden-headed, fat-headed, muttonheaded, daft, barmy, not the full shilling, thick as two short planks, vulgar slangdumb-ass反義詞 intelligent, clever, astute

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or become less bright or distinct a smoky inferno that dimmed the sun the lights dimmed and the curtains parted 同義詞 grow faint, grow feeble, grow dim, fade, dull, ... 更多grow dark, darken, blacken, cloud over, become overcast, grow leaden, lour, become gloomy反義詞 brighten
   • ▪ lower (a vehicle's headlights) from high to low beam the car moved slowly, its headlights dimmed 同義詞 turn down, lower, dip, make dim, make faint, ... 更多make less bright, make less intense, soften, subdue, mute, literarybedim反義詞 turn up
   • ▪ make or become less intense or favorable the difficulty in sleeping couldn't dim her happiness the company's prospects have dimmed 同義詞 fade, become vague, become indistinct, grow dim, blur, ... 更多become blurred, become shadowy, become confused, dull, numb, fail, disappear反義詞 sharpen
   • ▪ make or become less able to see clearly his eyes dimmed your sight is dimmed

   片語

   • take a dim view of