dim

昏暗的

模糊的；朦胧的

花了的，视力模糊的（眼睛）

糊涂的，愚笨的（人）

使模糊；使昏暗

（眼睛）变花

dim

暗淡的, 模糊的, 无光泽的, 悲观的, 怀疑的

使暗淡, 使失去光泽

<美俚>笨蛋、傻子

dim

1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

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2. become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

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3. become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"

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4. make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"

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5. make dim by comparison or conceal

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6. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

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1. lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"

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2. lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

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3. made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"

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4. offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

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5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

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