[每日] obscure (a) 模糊的
Word of the Day (Monday January 19, 2009)
obscure \uhb-SKYOOR\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://ppt.cc/w6,K
1. not clearly expressed; hard to understand
verb:
1. to hide from view; dim, darken
adjective:
1. not well known; not prominent
2. dark, dim, murky
An obscure federal agency with a history of setbacks announced
Thursday that it will upgrade its troubled wastewater treatment
plant in San Ysidro.
-- Mike Lee, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2008-05-18
Either way, it's the sort of obscure Australiana that fascinates
local historian David Morgan, who has been an inveterate collector
of trivia, compiler of lists and orchestrator of improbable
connections since he began thumbing through encyclopedias as a
child.
-- John Huxley, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-11-12
c 1425, from Old French obscur "dark, dim, not clear," from Latin
obscurus "covered over, dark, obscure, indistinct," from ob "over"
+ -scurus "covered," from Proto Indo-European *(s)keu- "to cover,
conceal;" source of Old Norse sky, Old English sceo "cloud," Latin
scutum "shield" and Greek skeue "dress.". The verb is first
recorded 1475.
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