obscure

obscure /əb'skjuə/
  • tính từ
    • tối, tối tăm, mờ, mờ mịt
    • không rõ nghĩa, tối nghĩa
      • obscure style: văn tối nghĩa
    • không có tiếng tăm, ít người biết đến
      • an obscure author: tác giả không có tiếng tăm
      • an obscure village: làng ít người biết đến
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm tối, làm mờ
    • làm không rõ, làm khó hiểu
    • làm mờ (tên tuổi)
    • che khuất

 che khuất
Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 mờ mịt

obscure glass
 kính mờ

Xem thêm: befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist, confuse, blur, obnubilate, bedim, overcloud, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, benight, bedim, vague, dark, hidden, unknown, unsung, unnoticeable, apart(p), isolated



obscure

Từ điển Collocation

obscure adj.

VERBS be, seem | become The origins of the tradition have become obscure. | remain The motives behind this decision remain somewhat obscure.

ADV. extremely, very | completely, totally | largely | fairly, rather, relatively, somewhat


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke; vague
  • marked by difficulty of style or expression; dark

    much that was dark is now quite clear to me

    those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure

  • difficult to find; hidden

    hidden valleys

    a hidden cave

    an obscure retreat

  • not famous or acclaimed; unknown, unsung

    an obscure family

    unsung heroes of the war

  • not drawing attention; unnoticeable

    an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet

    an obscure flaw

  • remote and separate physically or socially; apart(p), isolated

    existed over the centuries as a world apart

    preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization

    an obscure village


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

obscures|obscured|obscuring|obscurer|obscurest
syn.: dark dim faint fuzzy hazy indefinite indistinct shadowy unclear vague

ant.: clear