| 单词 | shade |
| 释义 | Related topics: Daily life, House, Painting and drawing, Photography, Colours, Visualshade1 /ʃeɪd/ ●●○ noun 1 out of sunlight 避开阳光 [uncountable]DARK slight darkness or shelter from the direct light of the sun made by something blocking it 背阴处，阴凉处 a plant that needs a lot of shade 喜阴植物in the shade (of something) She was sitting in the shade of a large oak tree. 她坐在一棵大橡树的树荫下。 The temperature was over 90 degrees in the shade. 背阴处的气温超过90度。2 for blocking light 用于遮光 [countable] a) Dsomething you use to reduce or block light 遮光物；罩 The shade on the lamp was slightly crooked. 灯罩稍有些歪。 → lampshade b) American EnglishDHH a covering that can be pulled down over a window 〔能上下卷叠的〕窗帘；百叶窗 SYN blind →4 See picture on 见图 Page A1 Bedroom 卧室 →5 see picture at 见图 blind33. shades [plural] informalDC sunglasses 太阳镜，墨镜4 in a picture 在图画中 [uncountable]AVPTCP the dark places in a picture 〔图画中的〕暗部，阴影（部分） strong contrasts of light and shade 明暗的强烈对比5 colour 颜色 [countable]CCCOLOUR/COLOR a particular type of red, green, blue etc 〔色彩的〕浓淡，深浅，色度shade of a bright shade of pink 一种艳粉色► see thesaurus at colour6 shade of meaning/opinion/feeling etc DETAILa meaning etc that is slightly different from other ones 有细微差别的含义/意见/情感等 SYN nuance There is room in the Democratic Party for many shades of opinion. 民主党能包容各种不同观点。7 a shade formalLITTLE/NOT VERY very slightly 有点，略为a shade too big/hot/fast etc Matt’s clothes were just a shade too big for me. 马特的衣服我穿稍有点大。a shade better/quicker/faster etc The results were a shade better than we expected. 结果比我们预计的要稍好。a shade over/under/above etc She was a shade under five feet tall. 她身高接近五英尺。8 shades of somebody/something REMIND/MAKE somebody REMEMBERused to say that someone or something reminds you of another person or thing 某人/某物的影子〔用于表示某人或某物让你想起另一个人或物〕 The food was horrible – shades of school dinners. 食物太糟了——让人想起学校里的饭菜。9 put somebody/something in the shade BETTERto be so good or impressive that other similar things or people seem much less important or interesting 使某人/某事物黯然失色 They’re planning a festival that will put all the others in the shade. 他们正在筹办一个要令所有其他类似活动都黯然失色的节庆活动。10. have it made in the shade American English informalRICH to be extremely rich – used humorously 极其富有〔幽默用法〕Examples from the Corpusshade• Lincoln had actually become a shade unsure of Grant but continued to be impressed by his quiet, unremitting resolve.• All shades of political opinion on the committee worked well together elucidating the policies of the industries.• Bamboo shades and screens contribute a pleasing serenity to quiet spaces.• Valerie's eyes are a beautiful shade of blue.• In the fall, the woods are full of countless shades of brown, yellow and orange.• On the mantelpiece there was a small lamp with a crimson shade and I switched it on.• a plant that likes shade• It grows well in partial shade and reaches a height of about four feet.• The room was decorated in pastel shades.• When buying make-up, choose the right shade to match your skin.• Reduce prominent lids with a matte, sludgy shade of eyeshadow over the entire lid, blended away up to the brow.• In ditches and damp springs, you may sometimes notice that the water is discoloured to a strong shade of orange.• a cardboard sun shade for the car window• Window shades were drawn against the afternoon sun and the light in the house had an amber cast.in the shade (of something)• Farther along, a young black haired woman in a pink blouse nursed a baby in the shade.• It was surprisingly cool in the shade.• For patron-saint days in the country the table was usually prepared out of doors, in the shade of a large tree.• So give the kids cash for a pizza delivery, and let the grown-ups enjoy a relaxing meal in the shade.• Ferric parked in the shade and went inside.• Only as the car approached them did Ludens think he glimpsed a figure standing in the shade under a tree.• She was standing in the shade beside his shotgun.• A quiet street and the beard stood in the shade of an apartment block doorway.shade of• a delicate shade of pinkRelated topics: Painting and drawing, Visualshade2 verb [transitive] 1 DARKto protect something from direct light 为…遮阳[挡光]，遮蔽〔光线〕 Shading her eyes, Anita scanned the horizon. 安妮塔手搭凉棚，眺望地平线。2 (also shade in)AVP to make part of a picture or drawing darker 给…加深颜色；画阴影于 She shaded in the circles in the last two letters. 她把最后两个字母的圈圈颜色涂深。3 shade into something phrasal verb literary MIXif one thing shades into another, it is difficult to know where one stops and another starts 渐渐与…分辨不清，逐渐变成 His impatience shaded into anger. 他由不耐烦逐渐变成了愤怒。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusshade• We turned off the main street into a narrow, shaded alley.• I use the pencils for techniques such as cross-hatching, contour and scribble drawing, shading and frottage.• The shaded areas on the map represent national parks.• a narrow road shaded by rows of trees• One day, tired and hot from the chase, she came upon a crystal-clear river deeply shaded by silvery willows.• Finley was shading the lefty spray hitter toward left.• Sahara hats are popular -- white, Lawrence of Arabia headgear that shades the neck and cheeks.• Skelton had partnered Florida in the knockout event and just shaded Whitaker and Fonda in a thrilling dash to the finishing line.Origin shade1 Old English sceadushade1 nounshade2 verbChinese slight shelter darkness light or from Corpus the direct |
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