blackout

名词 blackout:

1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
2. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
   同义词：brownout, dimout
3. the failure of electric power for a general region
4. a momentary loss of consciousness
5. partial or total loss of memory
   同义词：amnesia, memory loss

1. He had had a blackout after the accident.
   事故发生后，他晕过去一阵子。
2. The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout.
   灯火管制期间，夜晚街道没有照明。

black.out

n.（名词）
The concealment or extinguishment of lights that might be visible to enemy aircraft during an air raid.
灯火管制：在空袭中把那些可能被敌机发现的灯火掩蔽或熄灭
Lack of illumination caused by an electrical power failure.
照明不足：由电力缺乏引起的照明不足

The sudden extinguishment of all stage lights in a theater to indicate the passage of time or to mark the end of an act or a scene.
舞台上的突然熄灯：为表示时日的变化或指明一幕或一场的终结而将所有舞台灯光突然熄灭
A short, comic vaudeville skit that ends with lights off.
熄灯结束：以灯光熄灭而结束的一场滑稽杂耍短剧
A temporary loss of memory or consciousness.
暂时失去记忆或知觉

A suppression, as of news, by censorhip.
管制：实行一种压制的审查，如对新闻消息等
Restriction or prohibition of telecasting a sports event in order to ensure ticket sales.
为确保赛票的售出而限制或禁止转播体育赛事

<参考词汇><同义词>blackout,faint,swoon,syncopeThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a temporary loss of consciousness.:
这些词共有的一个意思是暂时性.失去知觉.：
例句：
suffers blackouts at high altitudes;
因高山反应而失去知觉；

例句：
fell in a dead faint at the sight of the cadaver;
看到死尸而晕死过去；

例句：
sank to the ground in a swoon;
倒在地上昏过去了；

例句：
was taken to the emergency room in a state of syncope.
在昏迷中被送到手术室。