Dimname

• 1

  A male given name (from Bashkir Дим) .

dimadj詞源 1/dɪm/

• 1

  Not bright or colorful.

  • The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.
  • that sustaining Love / Which, through the web of being blindly wove / By man and beast and earth and air and sea, / Burns bright or dim
• 2

  Not smart or intelligent.

  • He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid.
• 3

  Indistinct, hazy or unclear.

  • His vision grew dimmer as he aged.
• 4

  Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.

dimnoun詞源 1/dɪm/

• 1

  archaicDimness.

  • All about me the Red Weed clambered among the ruins, writhing to get above me in the dim. Night, the Mother of Fear and Mystery, was coming upon me.

dimverb詞源 1/dɪm/

• 1

  To make something less bright.

  • He dimmed the lights and put on soft music.
• 2

  To become darker.

  • The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.
• 3

  To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.

  • a king among his courtiers,[…] who out to dim the lustre of all his attendants
  • Now ſet the ſun, and twilight dimm'd the ways, […]
• 4

  To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

  • And with our Sun-bright armour as we march, Weel chaſe the Starrs from heauen, and dim their eies That ſtand and muſe at our admyred armes.
  • Her starry eyes were dimm'd with streaming tears.
• 5

  To diminish, dull, or curtail.

  • All these setbacks had started to dim the hopes of the students.
  • Nothing will dim their spirit of resilience.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Ди́ма
• diminished