| 单词 | to be in the shade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in the shade c. figurative. Comparative obscurity. Chiefly in phrases, to be in the shade, to be in retirement, to be little known; to cast, throw into the shade, put into the shade, to obscure by contrast of superior brilliancy, to surpass so as to render insignificant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [noun] obscurity1578 eclipse1598 ingloriousnessa1631 deliquium1648 shade1650 incelebrity1813 notelessness1830 obscureness1873 Palookaville?1954 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] > position shade1650 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [noun] > relative state shade1650 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > put in the shade or put to shame shamec1400 to put down1494 extinguish1551 stain1557 overshadow1581 cloud1582 defacea1592 shend1596 to lay up1601 to shine down1623 dazzle1643 umbrage1647 foila1687 efface1717 eclipse1718 shade?1748 put into the shade1796 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 to put to shame1854 to leave (a person) standing1864 to lay over1869 blanket1884 upstage1921 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > be or become obscure [verb (intransitive)] eclipsec1430 to be in the shade1806 to crawl (back) into the woodwork1964 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > be or become unknown [verb (intransitive)] to grow out of (a person's) knowledge1490 to be in the shade1806 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico i. 3 Though I am a stranger to the Court and Camp, a man..of the shade, yet [etc.]. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 74 They throw the light on one side only of their case; though..the other side which is kept in the shade, has it's importance too. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 556 I have chosen to remain in the shade. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 219 Hast thou..sought refuge from oppression in the shade of the convent? 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xliv. 86 Adeline would throw into the shade..Their sort of half profession. 1852 Beck's Florist 229 Young's Crimson King..puts all other bedding varieties into the shade. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. v. 50 How can we see a man's brilliant qualities if he is what we call in the shade? 1884 Manch. Examiner 2 May 4/7 Internal taxation..is so excessive in other Portuguese colonies as to cast even an illiberal tariff into the shade. 1884 R. W. Church Bacon iii. 68 Bacon still remained in the shade. < as lemmas |
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