单词	shade
释义	noun | verb shadeshade1 /ʃeɪd/ ●●○ S3 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYshade1 Origin: Old English sceadu Collocations COLLOCATIONS► in the shade  Let’s find a table in the shade. ► in the shade of  They were sitting in the shade of an old oak tree. ► a shade of pink/green etc.  a beautiful deep shade of blue ► shades are drawn  I don’t think they’re home – all the shades are drawn (=pulled down to cover the windows). ► light and shade  the artist’s skillful use of light and shade 1AREA OF DARKNESS [uncountable] an area that is cooler and darker because the light of the sun cannot reach it:  a plant that likes shade Let’s find a table in the shade. They were sitting in the shade of an old oak tree. → see also shadow12COLOR [countable] a particular degree of a color:  The room was decorated in pastel shades.a shade of pink/green etc. a beautiful deep shade of blue3FOR WINDOW [countable] a piece of cloth or other material that can be rolled down to cover a window inside a building:  I don’t think they’re home – all the shades are drawn (=pulled down to cover the windows). a cardboard sun shade for the car window4FOR BLOCKING LIGHT [countable] something that reduces or blocks light:  lamps with beautiful silk shades5IN A PICTURE [uncountable] eng. lang. arts the dark places in a picture:  the artist’s skillful use of light and shade6SMALL AMOUNT a shade very slightly, or a little bit:  She was a shade under five feet tall. The results were a shade better than expected.7FOR EYES shades [plural] informal sunglasses8shades of meaning/opinion/feeling etc. meanings, opinions, etc. that are slightly different from each other SYN nuance:  One phrase can have many shades of meaning, depending on the context.9shades of somebody/something used to say that something reminds you of someone or something else:  The food was terrible. Shades of lunch in the school cafeteria.10shades of gray slightly different opinions or ways of looking at a situation that are not completely right or wrong, or completely good or bad:  Tom’s view of the world doesn’t allow for many shades of gray.11put something in the shade to be so good or impressive that other similar things or people seem much less important or interesting:  They’re planning a festival that will put all the others in the shade.12have it made in the shade humorous to have everything you need in order to be happy[Origin: Old English sceadu] noun | verb shadeshade2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE shade Simple Form Present I, you, we, they shade he, she, it shades Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they shaded Present perfect I, you, we, they have shaded he, she, it has shaded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had shaded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will shade Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have shaded Continuous Form Present I am shading he, she, it is shading you, we, they are shading Past I, he, she, it was shading you, we, they were shading Present perfect I, you, we, they have been shading he, she, it has been shading Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been shading Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be shading Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been shading Collocations COLLOCATIONS► shade your eyes/face etc.  She shaded her eyes and watched the plane fly overhead. 1to protect something from direct light:  a narrow road shaded by rows of treesshade your eyes/face etc. She shaded her eyes and watched the plane fly overhead.shade somebody from something There was only one umbrella to shade us from the sun.2 (also shade in) eng. lang. arts to make part of a picture or drawing darker:  The park areas have been shaded on the map.shade into something phrasal verb formal if one thing shades into another, it gradually changes into the other thing:  Bedford felt his impatience shading into anger.
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