〈 black.out 〉

【名詞】

1 斷電; 停電; 燈火管制

2 電訊中斷; 信號停止

3『戲劇』舞臺燈熄滅

4 暫時性失去知覺, 暫時性失憶

5 塗消, 取消

6 封鎖新聞, 禁止發表

〈 1．darken by putting out or dimming lights so that no light is seen from outside使燈光熄滅（或暗下來）；實行燈火管制 〉

*The city was blacked out during the air raid．空襲期間，全城都實行了燈火管制。

*During the war we had to black out all our windows．在戰爭期間我們不得不把所有的窗戶遮暗。

*The factory was blacked out due to power failure．這家工廠由于停電一片漆黑。

2．cover（esp．with ink）so as to hide completely；cut out塗掉；刪去

*You had better black out that word．你最好把那個字塗掉。

*In wartime，they often blacked out all news，or gave out false news．在戰爭期間，他們常封鎖消息或者發布假新聞。

3．lose consciousness；lose one's memory失去知覺；暫時失去記憶

*After the accident he blacked out and couldn't remember what happened．事故之後，他暈倒了，記不起發生了什麼事。

*It had been a hard and tiring day，and she suddenly blacked out．一整天辛苦疲勞後，她突然昏倒了。

4．cause silence or jam（radio transmission）封鎖或幹擾廣播

*The enemy hoped to black out our radio transmission．敵人想幹擾我們電台的廣播。

*blame for consider sb．responsible for；find fault with sb．因…責備（某人）

*The driver blamed the cyclist for the accident．司機把這次事故歸咎于那個騎車人。

*The manager blamed the office boy for losing the key．經理責備勤務員丟了鑰匙。

*The accountant was blamed for the mistake．會計因有錯誤而受責備。