dim
US:/dɪm/
UK:/dɪm/
adj.:
微暗的；暗淡的；悲观的；渺茫的
v.:
把…得暗然失色；(使)暗淡；(使)模糊；(使)变朦胧
abbr.:
(=document image management)【IT】文件图像管理软件
n.:
笨蛋
网络:
昏暗的；模糊的；朦胧的
Word forms: (比较级) dimmer (最高级) dimmest (现在分词) dimming (过去式) dimmed (第三人称单数) dims
Examples
1.
He took a stumbling step back and the light of the sphere glared and then waned to a dim glow.
他磕磕绊绊地退后一步，水晶球的光芒闪耀了一下，随即减退成黯淡的亮光。
2.
The dim lights of a few cars could be seen in the dusk round the pond, and some people, late as it was, were standing and staring.
池塘四周，暮蔼沉沉，隐约看见一些汽车的灯光。天色已晚，不过还是有几个人站在那里，观望着什么。
3.
With the near future looking dim, rural families may find that it's their turn to help out a returning relative.
在不久的将来前途暗淡，农村家庭可能会发现，该轮到他们来帮助了返乡的家人了。
4.
One day a man in a truck saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help.
有一天，一名开着货车的男子看到一位老太太被困住路边。尽管那天天色昏暗，但他看得出她需要帮助。
5.
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it.
我仰望与你共度的时光，她们宛如芳香馥郁的花园，宛如暮色沉沉的黄昏，又宛如喷泉浅吟低唱。
6.
She looked at me with exaggerated patience, as if I were an amiable, if dim, child.
她以夸张的耐心看着我，仿佛我是一个萌萌的、或许还有点儿笨的小朋友。
7.
Then, squinting his eye he said: 'The light is dim. Read the letter to me'.
然后，眼珠一转，说道：“光线太暗，请给我读一下这封信。”
8.
Once my eyes got used to the dim, I gazed around, hoping to see shimmery rocks littering the floor, but dust was all I saw.
当眼睛逐渐适应了周围的黑暗环境，我环视四周希望能在地上发现一些闪光的石头，入目却是满眼的灰尘。
9.
And behind the dim light, disguised beyond recognition, how the heart can be the same as ever to the brave and fierce wounded, invincible?
而灯火阑珊的背后，面目全非的心该如何乔装，才能像不曾受伤一样的去骁勇善战，所向无敌？
10.
Its star is a red giant - a massive star near the end of its life. It is too dim to see in the night sky from Earth without a telescope.
Gliese581是一颗已经接近生命终点的红巨星，星光十分暗淡，在没有天文望远镜的情况下，从夜空中根本无法看到。