black-out
柯林斯词典
1. PHRASAL VERB If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time. 暂时失去知觉
I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out. 我能感到血从脸上淌下来。我不知道自己是不是要昏过去了。
2. PHRASAL VERB If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply. 使变成一片漆黑
Large parts of Lima were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up. 电缆塔被炸后，利马城的大部分地区陷入一片黑暗。
3. PHRASAL VERB If a film or a piece of writing is blacked out, it is prevented from being broadcast or published, usually because it contains information which is secret or offensive. 禁止播放; 禁止出版
TV pictures of the demonstration were blacked out. 这次示威游行的电视报道被禁播了。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen. 用黑色涂掉 (文字等)
U.S. government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use. 美国政府的专家们检查了每一页，用黑色涂掉任何可能被外国情报专家利用的信息。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you. 试图抹掉 (记忆)
I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. It was the easiest way of coping. 我试图不去想它，将其从记忆中抹去。这是最容易的处理办法了。
6. →see also blackout
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