| 单词 | to throw shade | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw shade   U.S. slang (originally in African-American usage). Contempt, disapproval, or disrespect, esp. when expressed obliquely. Chiefly in  to throw shade: to express contempt or disapproval; often with at or on.Originally associated with the drag culture of Harlem, New York City in the late 1980s; see quots. 1990, 1997. ΚΠ 1990    Paris is Burning 		(1991)	 		(transcribed from film)	  				Shade is I don't tell you you're ugly, but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly and that's shade. 1993    N.Y. Times 4 July  ix. 5/5  				The Sunday Stylers are the last people I'd expect to throw shade on President Bill's hair pursuits. 1997    Village Voice 12 Aug. 26/1  				No one who ever saw Willy Ninja dance in the '80s will forget him feigning to slap on makeup, gaze in a mirror, and ‘throw shade’ on his rivals. 2005    ‘K'Wan’ Hoodlum xxxi. 302  				I ain't trying to throw shade, shit has just been real hectic. 2012    Gleaner 		(Kingston, Jamaica)	 15 Oct.  c5/5  				They not talking. Ain't no shade though. 2015    Burlington 		(Vermont)	 Free Press 		(Electronic ed.)	 29 Jan. 2  				Jarvis suggested the actors should be ‘throwing shade’ at each other via eye rolls and such to set up the increasing animosity. < as lemmas | 
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