| 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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