But one day, raising up his head and glancing at the sky above the lake, in the empty darkness Kandata saw a silver spider's thread being lowered from the ceiling so far, far away.

偶然间，犍陀多无心一抬头，向血池上空望去，在阒然无声的黑暗中，但见一缕银色的蛛丝，正从天而降。

youdao

After my friend had disappeared in the darkness, I stood and stared at the empty alley.

我的朋友消失在黑暗后，我站在原地盯着那空荡荡的小径。

youdao

She stepped out of the darkness, coming forward to hook her ankle around the empty stool that stood beside his one chair and sit on it.

她从黑暗中走出来，弓着脚背绕过椅子旁的空凳子，坐下来。

youdao

But, in later years, he had developed a potent fear of darkness in an empty house.

NEWYORKER: Heirs

So, in the darkness of an empty office building, Jason--whose idea of danger is "going to bed without brushing my teeth"--ends up going one-on-one against a trained killer.

FORBES: Correction Appended