black-out
柯林斯词典
1. PHRASAL VERB If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time. 暫時失去知覺
I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out. 我能感到血從臉上淌下來。我不知道自己是不是要昏過去了。
2. PHRASAL VERB If a place is blacked out, it is in darkness, usually because it has no electricity supply. 使變成一片漆黑
Large parts of Lima were blacked out after electricity pylons were blown up. 電纜塔被炸後，利馬城的大部分地區陷入一片黑暗。
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. 這次示威遊行的電眡報道被禁播了。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you black out a piece of writing, you colour over it in black so that it cannot be seen. 用黑色塗掉 (文字等)
U.S. government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use. 美國政府的專家們檢查了每一頁，用黑色塗掉任何可能被外國情報專家利用的信息。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you black out the memory of something, you try not to remember it because it upsets you. 試圖抹掉 (記憶)
I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out. It was the easiest way of coping. 我試圖不去想它，將其從記憶中抹去。這是最容易的処理辦法了。
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