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on the body) ( jfi^AR# )     *k,

not as black as he/she/it is painted not as bad as people say he/she/it is X # #>J A ift UP : He’s not very friendly, but he’s not as black as he’s painted. #,X A£#,        —more at pot n.

mnoun

►                 COLOUR Mfe 1 [U] the very darkest colour, like night or

coal M & : the black of the night sky ^          H 0

Everyone at the funeral was dressed in black.

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►                 PEOPLE A 2 (also Black) [c, usually pi.] a member of a race of people who have dark skin Hfe A#fr?J A; HA lihiJ In this meaning black is more common in the plural. It can sound offensive in the singular. Instead, you can use the adjective (‘a black man/woman’) or, in the US, African American. * black /ElltA A#

^tiiMo        (a black

man / woman), /E H m nj African American,,

iitiiTii be in the black to have money, for example in your bank account    ^ Znfk — compare be in

the red at red n. .black and ‘white having no colours except black, white and shades of grey (in photographs, on television, etc.) ( M ft v    M ^ ) H : a film

made in black and white H S ^     0 black-and-white

photos H S M It 'n black and white in writing or in print £ £ftH^; XAW; WJ#J: I never thought they’d put it in black and white on the front page. Hfefl^iSAMMtB (in) black and white in a way that makes people or things seem completely bad or good, or completely right or wrong H ft #3 (

H',     MFft ) : It’s a complex issue, but he only

sees it in black and white. 2$ H X M. Q (ft ]p] IS, ffi fife iP R # ill ^ Ih fill jf £ij o o This is not a black-and-white decision (= where the difference between two choices is completely clear).

■ verb [VN] 1 (BrE) to refuse to deal with goods or to do business with sb as a political protest ; #?' /h JI ( 1£i? ) ;    ( |WJ^AfiftX;t )     033 BOYCOTT: The

unions have blacked all imports from the country. X ^ P        2 to make sth

black^H;     033 blacken EEHS5 black

'out to become unconscious for a short time WBtA A H M 033 faint :       The driver had probably

blacked out at the wheel.

— related noun blackout(5) .black sth<->out 1 to make a place dark by turning off lights, covering windows, etc. ^ fit ) ^ H Bf :   A power failure

blacked out the city last night.

0 a house with blacked out windows UFA f±X^f;)fcFlfl^X — related noun blackout 2 to prevent sth such as a piece of writing or a television broadcast from being read or seen

M ) ;  ( frl^ ) : Some lines of the document have

been blacked out for security reasons. A

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blackamoor /'blaekamo:(r)/ noun (old use, taboo) an offensive word for a black person ( Sic ) HA,

HU,

.black and 'tan noun [U, C] {BrE) an alcoholic drink made by mixing dark beer called bitter with very dark beer called stout ^H^-M ( ^) the .black 'arts noun [pi.] = black magic blackball /'blaekboil/ verb [VN] to prevent sb from joining a club or a group by voting against them R H ( SAgAffUf^a# )

.black belt noun 1 a belt that you can earn in a sport such as judo or karate which shows that you have reached a very high standard   ^ X it A

) HR# 2 a person who has gained a black belt Hffili&A black-berry /'blaekbari; NAmE -beri/ {pi. -ies) {BrE also bram ble) noun a small soft black fruit that grows on a bush with thorns in gardens/yards or in the country­side. The bush is also called a blackberry/bramble. H€ (        ) ; H# (       ) : blackberry and apple

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