形容词,意为"漆黑的,伸手不见五指的",用来描述完全没有光线的黑暗状态。
/ˌpɪtʃˈblæk/
The room was pitch-black after the power went out.
停电后,房间里漆黑一片。
Lost in the pitch-black forest without a flashlight, she had to rely entirely on her sense of hearing to find her way back to the campsite.
在漆黑的森林里迷了路,又没有手电筒,她只能完全依靠听觉找到回营地的路。
pitch 一词源自古英语 pic,指一种从煤焦油中提取的黑色黏稠物质(沥青),颜色极深。因此 pitch-black 字面意思就是"像沥青一样黑的",用来形容极度的黑暗。这个复合形容词至少从16世纪起就在英语中使用。