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单词 fade
释义
fadefade /feɪd/ ●●○ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfade
Origin:
1300-1400 French fader, from Latin fatuus; ➔ FATUOUS
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
fade
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyfade
he, she, itfades
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyfaded
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave faded
he, she, ithas faded
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad faded
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill fade
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have faded
Continuous Form
PresentIam fading
he, she, itis fading
you, we, theyare fading
PastI, he, she, itwas fading
you, we, theywere fading
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been fading
he, she, ithas been fading
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been fading
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be fading
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been fading
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He's wearing a red shirt and faded jeans.
  • Hopes of an early end to the strike are beginning to fade.
  • Over the years the green paint had faded.
  • The Broncos faded in the second half.
  • Your natural hair colour begins to fade as you grow older, and eventually you go grey.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As Neta faded out of the picture, he faded in.
  • He saluted Melissa with a smile that faded as he became aware of the argument going on across the yard.
  • Just as suddenly as it had begun, the spasm seemed to fade.
  • New roads spring up, old roads fade away.
  • The colors would soon disperse, merging with others and moving on or fading as the night appeared.
  • The laughter faded away, leaving me with a sense of unease.
  • The wireless set hissed and crackled and Max Bygraves faded all away.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto lose colour
if a colour or coloured material fades , its colour becomes paler, for example because it has been in sunlight for a long time: · Over the years the green paint had faded.· Your natural hair colour begins to fade as you grow older, and eventually you go grey.
British /lose its color American if a material or object loses its colour , the colour comes out of it, especially because of the effects of washing or sunlight: · Will this shirt lose its colour if you wash it?· Red onions lose their color when cooked.
if the colours run on a piece of clothing when you wash it, some of the colour goes from one part of it and onto another part of it because the water is too hot: · It is usually advisable to wash new clothes separately as they tend to run.
light colours
light colours are closer to white than to black: · They both have brown hair, but Tina's is slightly lighter.light blue/green/orange etc: · This is a nice jacket and we also do it in a light green.
very light in colour: · There were dark rings under her eyes and her skin was paler than usual.pale pink/green/blue etc: · Her dress is pale pink, with a small flowery pattern.· The old man's pale blue eyes moved from the dartboard to the bar and then back again.
use this about the colour of people's hair and skin: · Someone with fair skin like you should probably use a stronger sunscreen.fair-haired/fair-skinned: · The Indians were at first frightened of the fair-skinned Europeans.
pastel colours, especially pink, yellow, green or blue, are soft and light and not at all bright: · Before the baby was born Jenny bought some pretty, pastel baby clothes.· Mrs Singh preferred saris in pastel colours, such as salmon pink.
if something is faded , it is a lighter colour than it was originally because of being affected by the sun, washing, or age: · The woman wore a faded blue dress and old brown sandals.· Joe dropped a faded newspaper picture on Woodward's desk.
to become dark
when it gets dark , the sky becomes dark, usually because it is night: · It was getting dark, and we were worried that we wouldn't make it back to the village before nightfall. · When we were camping we used to go to sleep as soon as it got dark.· It's getting very dark out there -- there's going to be a storm.
if natural light fades , it gradually becomes weaker, because night is coming: · The light slowly began to fade and the trees became mere shadows.· I want to take some photographs before the light fades.
if the sky darkens , it gradually becomes darker than before, often because of bad weather: · In a few minutes the sky darkened and heavy rain began to fall.· We walked along the shore as the sun's last rays winked over the darkening sea, then headed for home.
: night/evening/darkness falls use this especially in stories to say that the night begins and it becomes dark: · We got back home just as night was falling.· Darkness fell on the town and the streetlights came on one by one.
if a room, building etc is plunged into darkness it is suddenly made dark because all the lights have been turned off: · Suddenly the light went out and the narrow stairs were plunged into darkness.· Lightning struck the power lines, plunging half the city into darkness.
to stop being heard, felt etc
if a feeling disappears , you stop feeling it: · Drugs won't make the pain disappear altogether, but they will help.· Your grief won't disappear overnight. It takes time to get over the death of someone close to you.
if a sound, a feeling, or a memory fades away , it gradually becomes less loud, less strong, or less clear, until you cannot hear, feel, or remember it any longer: · As the last notes of the song faded away, the audience began to applaud.· For the first two years after the divorce, he was permanently angry, but then the anger faded away.· The memory of the attack will fade away in time.
if something, especially the effect of something, wears off , it gradually disappears: · The pain got worse as the anaesthetic wore off.· The effects of child abuse never wear off.· Once the initial shock has worn off you'll realize that things aren't as bad as you first thought.
if an unpleasant feeling, situation etc goes away , it disappears, especially when you have been trying to get rid of it for a long time: · I wish I could make this headache go away.· His shyness soon went away when he started school.
if a sound dies away , it gradually becomes less loud and less clear until you cannot hear it any longer: · The sound of his footsteps grew fainter and eventually died away.· As the rhythm of the music died away, screams could be heard in the distance.
to become impossible to see
if someone or something disappears , you cannot see them any more: disappear behind/under/into/over etc: · The sun disappeared behind a cloud.· She watched the boat sail out to sea until it disappeared over the horizon.disappear from view/sight: · Sheila's car turned the corner and disappeared from view.
if someone or something vanishes , you suddenly cannot see them any more - used especially when this is unexpected or strange: · The snowflakes vanished as they touched the ground.vanish into/behind/under etc: · The last of the police cars sped past and vanished into the storm.vanish from: · The plane vanished from radar screens soon after taking off.
if something or someone goes out of sight , they gradually move away from you until you cannot see them any more: · Just as she went out of sight, he remembered he hadn't given her his number.· The yacht sailed away into the distance and out of sight.· We watched his car as it rounded the bend and sped off out of sight.
if a mark or light fades away , it slowly becomes less clear or less bright until you cannot see it any more: · The light faded away and the tunnel became completely black.· The bruises will fade away over time.
if something or someone blends into the place where they are they are like it in appearance, and you cannot see them easily: · These creatures can change colour in order to blend into their surroundings.· Bruno was hoping to blend in with the crowd and escape unnoticed.
to stop hoping
· Some seeds take a long time to germinate, so don't lose hope if nothing happens in the first year.lose hope/give up hope of doing something · After his accident, Jack had almost given up hope of ever working again.lose hope/give up hope that · We never lost hope that our son would return one day.
to stop hoping and become extremely unhappy, because you think there is no possibility of something happening: · You mustn't despair. Nothing is impossible.· He glared at her, despairing.despair of doing something: · Kate despaired of ever seeing her husband again.
to stop hoping that you will achieve something, because you feel you have not been making much progress: · I think if he fails again he'll just lose heart and give up.· The tunnel had never been finished. Perhaps the builders lost heart and abandoned it.
use this to say that people are beginning to stop hoping that someone is safe, that something will succeed etc: · Hopes are fading, but the search for survivors of the earthquake continues.hopes are fading for: · Hopes are fading for the missing fourteen year old.
to make someone completely stop hoping that something will happen or is true: · I didn't want to dash your hopes unnecessarily.dash sb's hopes of doing something: · a shattering knee injury which dashed his hopes of playing in the World Cup
to become quieter
· That buzzing noise seems to be getting quieter now.grow quieter (=get quieter gradually) · As we walked into the woods the noise of the traffic grew quieter.
especially British to stop speaking or making any noise at all, for example because you are shocked or embarrassed: · Lawrence went very quiet after Jo told him how she felt.
if shouting, music, laughter etc dies down , it gradually becomes quieter after being very loud: · Forrester waited for the laughter to die down, then carried on with his speech.· The music was dying down. The show was over.die down to: · Jessie's wails died down to a whimper and then stopped altogether.
if a sound fades away , it gradually becomes quieter until you cannot hear it any more: · The sound of a police siren was slowly fading away into the distance.· She listened to Zach's footsteps fade away, as he walked down the staircase.
to suddenly stop talking and become quiet - used in literature and stories: · Dixon fell silent again, deep in thought.· "I had hoped ....," he began, and then fell silent again.· The bar-room door crashed open and the voices at the tables fell silent.
to speak more quietly because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying: · Kath lowered her voice as she spoke.
to gradually stop happening
informal to gradually end in a disappointing way - use this about an activity, a relationship, or people's interest in something: · Their romance fizzled out after a few months.· The movie made a great start, but the action seemed to fizzle out halfway through.
to gradually become less and less and then stop happening completely: · By midday the rain had petered out.· The road petered out into a muddy track.· The protest campaign petered out after a few weeks.
if pain or the effect of something wears off , it gradually becomes less until it stops completely: · The effects of the anaesthetic will wear off within a few hours.· The shock has not worn off yet and he seems to be walking around in a daze.the novelty wears off (=when you stop feeling interested or excited about something because it is no longer new): · The kids spent hours on the computer at first, but the novelty soon wore off.
if a sound fades away , it gradually gets quieter and finally stops: · He waited until the sound of the engines had faded away.· As the music faded away the audience broke into enthusiastic applause.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=it stops)· I counted to ten and waited for my anger to go away.· His anger slowly subsided.
(=loses colour and brightness)· The colour of the curtains had faded in the sun.
(=people have much less hope of doing something)· Hopes are fading that rescuers will find any more survivors.
(=it is getting darker as the sun is going down)
(=it gradually disappears)· His scratch marks have faded, but the memories never will.
(=becomes less clear and accurate)· Write down how you felt before the memory fades.
(=gradually become forgotten or no longer important)· Many political figures just fade into oblivion.
(=to gradually be forgotten after being well-known)· The band faded into obscurity as the 1980s progressed.
· All her life she kept a faded photograph of him in his army uniform.
(=they stop smiling)· Her smile faded and a shaft of panic shot through her.
· We sat in the fading sunlight of the early evening.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· In two weeks, her light summer tan was already fading.· The sound was already fading away to his left, away from the path he had to follow.· I think he fears she will die soon - is already fading away.· His seat is safe but high hopes of Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power in a new administration have already faded.· The lilies she'd brought a couple of days ago were already fading.
· But unlike John Major's predecessor, he shows no sign of fading away.· Just when it looked as if pen-based computing might fade away, Microsoft has decided to get into the game.· The laughter faded away, leaving me with a sense of unease.· They feel the pressure, like everything is fading away.· The new group did not in fact achieve its target of 100,000 pledged supporters and had faded away by March.· If the stimulation is absent, those unused connections may fade away.· The international community could no longer hope that the reasons for war would fade away.· Then the anger faded away and the desire died with it.
· Read in studio Swindon Town's hopes of promotion are fading fast, after another defeat last night.· It is just a little smile, and it fades fast.· It was thin, fading fast like all horses in this bitter land.· He was happy but was fading fast.· Wet air blows in from the river, and the light is fading fast.· The Raiders, sole occupants of last place in the West, are fading fast.· Any expectations he may have had of inheriting a larger share of the Angevin Empire were fading fast.· But the next half-century witnessed the general settlement of California, and by 1900 the condor was fading fast.
· The Balfourites did gradually fade from the scene.· The hills are wrapped in a shawl of pink light gradually fading into dusk.
· Then she had descended through the familiar outer layers of Dreamspace, and faded in on the bus.· As Neta faded out of the picture, he faded in.· He fades in and out of the conversation, has a hint of trouble lifting the fork to his mouth.· It starts with a multicoloured starfield and some text fading in and out.
· It came from where memory is young and the power in a young eagle's flight is great and can never fade.· Just like those it commemorates, the holiday of D a de los Muertos will never fade.· Anna was rubbing her arm where Liz had held it, rubbing as if the pain would never fade.· Your feelings of shyness may never fade entirely, but your shy behavior will.· This was one rose that would never fade.
· When Silje faded out of consciousness the boys ran away in fear.· We just kind of faded out after that.· Sometimes the couple may allow the physical side of their relationship to fade out altogether.· As Neta faded out of the picture, he faded in.· We should always try to fade out rewards.· I was sad when he faded out.· So. Fade out, fade in.· Spider faded out, squinting past the windshield as some guy approached the car.
· Daylight was quickly fading as they walked up the street to the nurse's house.· But that issue quickly faded when the prison got built in Eloy.· She hoped for his sake the memory of his time working for MacQuillan would quickly fade.· But the idea of one consolidated government for metropolitan Tucson quickly faded when Volgy left office.· His half smile faded quickly as several pairs of eyes met his expectantly.· You can let some time pass and hope that this whole incident quickly fades away, which it may well do.· But it was a burst of rage, and it faded quickly.
· In a new world of international travel, the boundaries between East and West are rapidly fading.· Serious problems from a life onshore can fade rapidly to distant memories as sight of land is lost.· Fenn blinked his eyes and focused on the ceiling, the dream fading rapidly.· A look in the mirror confirmed that the bruise round her eye was fading rapidly.· And editor Jane Nicholson's involvement was fading rapidly.· Everywhere was quiet, however, and the light was fading rapidly, filling the little house with shadow.
· Although so little was heard from them, those who kept tabs on them were convinced that they were slowly fading away.· The multimillionaire has slowly faded from the industry in the past decade but has been eager to be a big player again.· With engagement, patience and plenty of laughter, they slowly fade.· Hotels and high-rises give way to subdivisions, which slowly fade to a scattering of homes.· It faded slowly, and has now passed below binocular range.· The sky burned white-hot, then slowly faded through yellow and orange to a glowering copper-red.· It slowly faded as he walked along the shadowed path towards the church.· Their original union under a strong 60s influence had slowly faded with age and various commercial pressures.
· He heard the roar of the motorcycle being started up and then fading until it was silent.· And Mazursky was reassuring in noting that hot toy items typically enjoy popularity for three to five years, then fade.· He waited until the noises faded then pressed his face against the mesh of the air vent.· It writhed for a moment, trying to clutch at the arrow with insubstantial hands, and then faded.· The sound seemed to come in waves, getting louder and louder, then fading away.
NOUN
· With a mouth like that, she's not exactly going to fade into the background is she?· On the other hand other close losers, such as Thomas Dewey or Jimmy Carter, faded into the background.· They might fade into the background, but they are unlikely to go away.· The songs repeat sentiments so much that some of them fade into the background and lose their meaning.
· High boned face, blue-eyed, faded permed lock of fair hair flopping over her eyes.· Rachel's face will fade into the kind of indeterminate image it is now, in the dark.
· Read in studio Swindon Town's hopes of promotion are fading fast, after another defeat last night.· Now those hopes are fading in the midst of a worrying upsurge in violence.· He was supposed to be getting that for the gerbil babies, but his hopes were fading.· As time wore on that hope faded.
· Shivering, she realised the light was beginning to fade, and almost reluctantly she turned to make her way back inside.· The light faded, and it seemed night was coming on.· Finally, as the light faded, we set off back to the caravan.· If the light is fading, a darker hue might be required.· The light was beginning to fade now.· We sat eating as the last glow of light faded behind the pass.· The light was fading on the walls of the Imperial city.· As the light faded over Noyack Bay the young couple started kissing.
· Surely he was only afraid his memories might fade, leaving him dispossessed.· Senators may be able to hope memory will fade.· Much of her memory was fading.· But in a parallel supercomputer with a sparse, distributed memory, the distinction between memory and processing fades.· One disadvantage of this to all parties is that over a long period memories fade and evidence becomes more difficult to establish.
· It was ironic, though, that without the official opposition the bull-running would probably have faded quietly away into obscurity.· As times and contexts change the visionaries of yesterday fade into obscurity or, worse, become the villains of today.· Would the idea of drugs useful against germs once again have faded into obscurity?
· As Neta faded out of the picture, he faded in.
· He does not want to fade away from the scene.· During the waiting period that person may fade from the scene.· It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years' time.· For once she took notice and Wyatt faded from the scene ... only to be replaced by another.· The Balfourites did gradually fade from the scene.
· His bony wrists dangled out of the faded shirt.· There was a faded image on the shirt, a University of California Golden Bear.
· As the car drove away Holly's smile faded.· It is just a little smile, and it fades fast.· He saluted Melissa with a smile that faded as he became aware of the argument going on across the yard.· His half smile faded quickly as several pairs of eyes met his expectantly.· His smile faded, became a wistful, boyish expression of loss.· But presently the smile faded, and Ruth thought he had seen something wrong in her face.
· I was running blind, but then Macrae faded from view and from my senses.· With that, talk of an early summit meeting faded from view.· People such as Safire huffed and puffed about her futures-trading profits, but the matter faded from view.· Unfortunately, time took its toll: By 1900 the fiesta had largely faded from view.· It appeared to be rising as it faded from view.· The fireball passed over the northern horizon and had nearly faded from view when the sky was lit by a tremendous flash.
· There was no sign of her pursuers and their voices had faded away.· As Riker and I trudged off to find our tents, his voice faded to silence.· Make sure your voice does not fade.· At the far end of the house, where her voice had faded, he heard a faucet going on.· The voice of Mission Control faded out.
VERB
· This trite communication put an end to Emma's overtures and she began to fade from their lives.· The lights of Salt Lake City began to fade, an evanescent shimmer lon the rear horizon.· Under such circumstances, the differences between hawk and dove-so clear when peace seems possible-begin to fade.· Most signs were originally symbols, becoming signs as the original relationships began to fade.· Once you eventually reach the products the nightmare begins to fade.· The dust storm, which may have begun very abruptly, fades very slowly away.
· But it has not toppled them, and as things stand it seems to be fading.· The gaslights flickered softly, and as the time passed the surroundings no longer seemed faded and threadbare but rich and sumptuous.· The tan seemed to have faded since last night.· Just as suddenly as it had begun, the spasm seemed to fade.· A while ago she had felt hungry; now her appetite seemed suddenly to have faded.· I stroke her lifeless cheek, and as I do the deep purple bruises seem to fade a little.
· He heard the roar of the motorcycle being started up and then fading until it was silent.· But his hopeful look started to fade.· We tidy the tent, sort our kit and the light starts to fade.· The illustrations were going unexpectedly well and the emotional ups and downs of yesterday were starting to fade from her memory.· Within three laps they were starting to fade-and fade quite badly.· We were coming to the end of the day, and the light was starting to fade.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • The skipper turned out to be a quiet figure intent on blending into the woodwork.
  • The guy does know how to blend into the woodwork.
1[intransitive] (also fade away) to gradually disappear:  Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. Over the years her beauty had faded a little.2[intransitive, transitive] to lose colour and brightness, or to make something do this:  the fading evening light a pair of faded jeans The sun had faded the curtains.3[intransitive] (also fade away) to become weaker physically, especially so that you become very ill or die4[intransitive] if a team fades, it stops playing as well as it did before5fade into insignificance to seem unimportant:  Our problems fade into insignificance when compared with those of the people here.fade in phrasal verb to appear slowly or become louder, or to make a picture or sound do thisfade something ↔ in Additional background sound is faded in at the beginning of the shot.—ˈfade-in noun [countable]fade out phrasal verb to disappear slowly or become quieter, or to make a picture or sound do thisfade something ↔ out He slid a control to fade out the music.—ˈfade-out noun [countable]
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