英语词汇“shade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

shade

(shād)

1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.

2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays: sat in the shade under the tree.

3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.

a. A gradation of a color as it is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated: shades of gray.

b. A slight difference or variation; a nuance: shades of meaning. See Synonyms at nuance.

c. A small amount; a trace: detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.

a. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat: closed the window shades.

b. shades Informal Sunglasses.

6. shades

a. Dark shadows gathering at dusk: "The shades of night are falling fast" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

b. The abode of the dead; the underworld: went to the shades of hell.

a. A disembodied spirit; a ghost.

b. shades A present reminder of a person or situation in the past: shades of my high-school days.

v. shad·ed, shad·ing, shades

v.tr.

1. To screen from light or heat: Trees shaded the street.

2. To obscure or darken: "A sliver of mustache shaded his upper lip" (Michael Finkel).

a. To represent degrees of shade or shadow in: shade a drawing.

b. To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture: shaded the pink in the sunset.

4. To change or vary by slight degrees: shade the meaning.

5. To make a slight reduction in: shade prices.

v.intr.

To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.

Idiom:

a shade

A little bit; slightly: a sprinter who was a shade quicker that the rest.

[Middle English, from Old English sceadu.]

shader n.

单词	shade
释义	shade (shād) n. 1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness. 2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays: sat in the shade under the tree. 3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow. 4. a. A gradation of a color as it is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated: shades of gray. b. A slight difference or variation; a nuance: shades of meaning. See Synonyms at nuance. c. A small amount; a trace: detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks. 5. a. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat: closed the window shades. b. shades Informal Sunglasses. 6. shades a. Dark shadows gathering at dusk: "The shades of night are falling fast" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). b. The abode of the dead; the underworld: went to the shades of hell. 7. a. A disembodied spirit; a ghost. b. shades A present reminder of a person or situation in the past: shades of my high-school days. v. shad·ed, shad·ing, shades v.tr. 1. To screen from light or heat: Trees shaded the street. 2. To obscure or darken: "A sliver of mustache shaded his upper lip" (Michael Finkel). 3. a. To represent degrees of shade or shadow in: shade a drawing. b. To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture: shaded the pink in the sunset. 4. To change or vary by slight degrees: shade the meaning. 5. To make a slight reduction in: shade prices. v.intr. To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees. *Idiom:* *a shade* A little bit; slightly: a sprinter who was a shade quicker that the rest. [Middle English, from Old English sceadu.] shader n.
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