Tra từ darkness - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dark·ness [darkness darknesses] BrE [ˈdɑːknəs] NAmE [ˈdɑːrknəs] noun uncountable
1. the state of being dark, without any light
•After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.
•The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off.
•The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night).
•There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings.
•Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness.
•Her face was in darkness.
•They managed to escape under cover of darkness.
2. the quality or state of being dark in colour
•It depends on the darkness of your skin.
3. (literary)evil
•the forces of darkness

Thesaurus:
darkness noun U
•After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.
the dark • • blackness • • shadows • |literary gloom •
Opp: light
in/into/out of/through (the) darkness/dark/blackness/shadows/gloom
peer into (the) darkness/dark/blackness/shadows/gloom
your eyes adjust to/become accustomed to the darkness/dark/gloom

Example Bank:
•Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.
•It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.
•The bombing took place during the hours of darkness.
•The building was in darkness.
•The car disappeared into the darkness.
•The electricity failed and the house was plunged into darkness.
•The room was swallowed by darkness.
•The valley lay in darkness.
•They moved about under cover of darkness.
•They moved from place to place under cover of darkness.
•We arrived at the town just as darkness fell.
•We waited for the darkness to lift.
•the inky darkness of the tunnel
•Her face was in darkness.
•In the west the sun went down and darkness fell.
•Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness.