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单词 beshadow
释义

beshadowv.

/bɪˈʃadəʊ/
Forms: For forms see shadow n.
Etymology: Middle English bishadewen , probably Old English *besceadwian ; compare Old High German biscatawên , Middle High German beschatewen , Dutch beschaduwen ; < bi- , be- prefix 1 + Germanic (Gothic) skadwjan , in Old English sceadwian , to shadow v.
transitive. To cast a shadow upon, to shade, overshadow; also figurative.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > overshadow
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overshadowOE
beshadowc1320
shadowc1384
obumber?1440
obumbrate1531
overdrip1587
overshade1594
inumbrate1623
umbrate1623
overgloom1796
adumbrate1834
sky1840
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 586.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10885 And goddes owne vertu now Shal þe bishadewe for monnes prow.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. v. 166/1 The croppe..bysshadoweth the rote for the hete of the sonne.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ix. sig. Cc.iij Their heads to heauen they lift..Beshadowyng broad the bows.
1883 Cent. Mag. 27 47 All is so profoundly beshadowed by huge trees.

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beˈshadowed adj.
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