| 单词 | shade away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shade away a. intransitive. Of a colour, hence gen.: To pass by imperceptible degrees to or into something else; also with away, off. Also to shade away: to disappear gradually. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > change gradually [verb (intransitive)] > from or into slidea1398 growc1460 wear1555 accrue1586 ripen1611 shuffle1635 melt1651 steal1660 spawn1677 verge1757 to glide into1800 shade1819 evolve?1831 shadow1839 grade1892 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear formeltc893 wendOE witea1000 aworthc1000 fleec1200 fleetc1200 withdraw1297 vanish1303 voidc1374 unkithea1400 startc1405 disappearc1425 disparishc1425 to fall awayc1443 evanish?a1475 vade1495 sinka1500 vade1530 fly1535 fadea1538 melt?1567 dispear1600 relinquish1601 foist1603 dispersea1616 to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616 dissipate1626 retire1647 evaporate1713 merge1802 illude1820 to foam off1826 dislimn1833 furl1844 to step out1844 evanesce1855 shade1880 wisp1883 to go to the winds1884 walk1898 to do a disappearing act1913 to go west1916 to do (or take) a fade1949 to phase out1970 1819 W. Scott Let. 3 June (1933) V. 393 It will perhaps shade off into a mild chronic complaint. 1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 162 The colour of the skin is a golden yellow shading into green. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. v. 123 Three primary spectra..having their intensity of illumination and maximum at different points, and shading to nothing at their extremities. 1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 80 Their own teaching was at once definite and vague, carrying a central lustre and a dimmer enfolding radiance, shading away into the Infinite. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. 15 Feb. 235 No other nation has company officers of the average ability and education of our own; but the superiority shades away as their service progresses. to shade away b. transitive. To change or make to pass by imperceptible degrees into something else; also with away, off. Also to shade away, to shade down, to soften the abruptness of (a statement) by qualifying words. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > change into [verb (transitive)] makea1470 shade1817 transition1877 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > tone down temperc1000 modifyc1385 softenc1410 tame?a1500 qualify1536 temperatea1540 extenuate1561 supple1609 dilute1665 palliate1665 weaken1683 subdue1723 lower1780 modulate1783 to shade away1817 to water down1832 to water down1836 sober1838 veil1843 to tone down1847 to break down1859 soothe1860 tone1884 to key down1891 soft-pedal1912 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] qualify1533 temperatea1540 take1542 season1604 disbend1607 condition1629 tinge1673 temper1711 shade1817 colour1882 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iii. 63 A touch of coarseness and hardness about the manners of the times, which has since, in a great degree, been softened and shaded away. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic x. 336 Their various sorts and degrees are shaded into each other imperceptibly. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 235 The thoughts of Aristophanes are not shaded down, concealed or wrapped up in symbols. < as lemmas |
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