English Dictionary

obscure

IPA（発音記号）

/əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 廃用

(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

日本語の意味

不明瞭にする、はっきりしなくする / 暗くする、薄暗くする / 隠す、覆い隠す / 見えにくくする、理解しにくくする

Complex jargon and selective examples obscure the author's main argument.

複雑な専門用語と選択的な事例が著者の主要な主張を不明瞭にする。

意味（1）

(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights.

意味（2）

(transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.

But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

意味（3）

(intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.

How! There's bad news. / I must obscure, and hear it.

obscures （ present singular third-person ）

obscuring （ participle present ）

obscured （ participle past ）

obscured （ past ）