obscure

[US]/əbˈskjʊə(r)/
[UK]/əbˈskjʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. okänd; inte välkänd
v. att dölja; göra svårt att förstå eller uppfatta
Word Forms
Present Participleobscuring
Past Participleobscured
Past Tenseobscured
Third Person Singularobscures
Comparativeobscurer
Superlativeobscurest

Phrases & Collocations

obscure meaning

oklar betydelse

obscure language

oklart språk

obscure reference

oklart referens

obscure origin

oklar härkomst

obscure artist

okänd artist

obscure glass

oklart glas

Example Sentences

to obscure the truth

att fördunkla sanningen

Real-world Examples

Clouds were obscuring the moon completely.

Molnen skymde månen helt och hållet.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Yes. Jonathan Gruber was pretty obscure until recently.

Ja. Jonathan Gruber var ganska obskur tills nyligen.

Source: NPR News November 2014 Compilation

A red carpet now obscures exquisite floor mosaics.

En röd matta skymmer nu utsökta golvmosaiker.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

And the rhetorical battle obscures important areas of agreement.

Och den retoriska striden skymmer viktiga områden av samförstånd.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

But even this weakened sunlight is often obscured for days by enormous dust storms.

Men även detta försvagade solljus skyms ofta i flera dagar av enorma dammstormar.

Source: Kurzgesagt science animation

No matter how heavy the clouds may be, they can't obscure this phenomenon.

Oavsett hur tunga molnen är, kan de inte skymma detta fenomen.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Whenever you run into it, it always obscures the truth.

Varje gång du stöter på det, skymmer det alltid sanningen.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

All these stuffy old white guys with their treatises and obscure terminologies.

Alla dessa trista, gamla vita män med sina avhandlingar och obskura terminologier.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

For comparison, a planet the size of Jupiter would only obscure the star by just 1%.

För jämförelse skulle en planet i storlek med Jupiter bara skymma stjärnan med endast 1%.

Source: Realm of Legends

He grew the bushy black beard that obscured his face.

Han odlade ett busigt svart skägg som skymde hans ansikte.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2016 Collection

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