• adj. 昏暗的，朦胧的；晦涩的，不清楚的；隐蔽的；不著名的，无名的
• vt. 使…模糊不清，掩盖；隐藏；使难理解
• n. 某种模糊的或不清楚的东西

来自拉丁语obscurus,黑暗的，遮盖的，来自ob-,在上，表强调，-scurus,遮盖的，来自PIE*skeu,遮盖，隐藏，词源同sky,house,hide.引申词义使费解，模糊。

obscure

obscure: see sky

obscure (adj.)

c. 1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.

obscure (v.)

early 15c., "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Middle French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Related: Obscured; obscuring.

1. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.

杀戮持续了数月后，真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。

来自柯林斯例句

2. These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.

这些名不见经传的团体在国内政界无足轻重。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.

理查德的声明隐晦费解，真是丢人。

来自柯林斯例句

4. an obscure German poet

一个名不见经传的德国诗人

来自《权威词典》

5. The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.

玩笑并没有掩盖他的观点隐含的严肃性.

来自《简明英汉词典》