黑色的英文为black，其英式读音为[blæk]，美式读音为[blæk]。black可作名词、及物动词和形容词，基本含义除了“黑色”之外，还有“黑人”、“黑暗的”、“漆黑的”、“抵制”、“拒绝”、“使变黑”等意思。
black的中文含义及用法介绍
1、作为名词时，译为黑色;黑人。
例句：Everyone at the funeral was dressed in black.
参加葬礼的人都身着黑服。
She was wearing a black coat with a white collar...
她穿着一件白领黑外套。
There are about thirty-one million blacks in the US.
美国大约有3,100万黑人。
2、作为形容词时，译为黑色的;黑的;黑暗的;漆黑的;黑色人种的。
例句：Two black coffees, please.
请来两杯不加牛奶的咖啡。
Go and wash your hands; they're absolutely black!
洗洗手去，你的手脏极了！
She's been in a really black mood all day.
她一整天都心情很坏。
The future looks pretty black.
前景看来很暗淡。
The play is a black comedy .
那是个黑色喜剧。
He worked for the rights of black people...
他为争取黑人权利而工作。
3、作为及物动词时，译为抵制;拒绝处理(货物);拒绝(同某人做生意);使变黑;染黑;涂黑。
例句：The unions have blacked all imports from the country.
工会拒绝处理从这个国家进口的所有货物。
Her husband blacked her eye...
她丈夫把她的眼睛打青了。
Blacken 'is a causative verb meaning cause to become black'.
blacken是使役动词，意思是‘使变黑’。
The commander ordered his soldiers to black up for the night attack.
指挥官命令他的士兵脸和手涂黑以进行夜袭。
