c. 1300, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr "darkness," from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo- (cognates: Old English mirce "murky, black, dark; murkiness, darkness," Danish mǿrk "darkness," Old Saxon mirki "dark"); cognate with Old Church Slavonic mraku, Serbo-Croatian mrak, Russian mrak "darkness;" Lithuanian merkti "shut the eyes, blink," from PIE *mer- "to flicker" (see morn). Murk Monday was long the name in Scotland for the great solar eclipse of March 29, 1652 (April 8, New Style).
双语例句
1. All of a sudden a tall old man in a black cloak loomed out of the murk.
一位身着黑斗篷的高个儿老者突然从暗处闪了出来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Longing for full knowledge, one must chart route through the murk of unknowing.