首页shadeshade英英释意

shade

英 [ʃeɪd] 美[ʃed]
  • n. 树荫;阴影;阴凉处;遮阳物;(照片等的)明暗度;少量、些微;细微的差别
  • vt. 使阴暗;使渐变;为…遮阳;使阴郁;掩盖
  • vi. (颜色、色彩等)渐变
  • n. (Shade)人名;(英、德)谢德

英英释意


1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body;
"it is much cooler in the shade"
"there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"
2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
3. protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight;
"they used umbrellas as shades"
"as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"
4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"
"don't argue about shades of meaning"
5. a position of relative inferiority;
"an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"
"his brother's success left him in the shade"
6. a slight amount or degree of difference;
"a tad too expensive"
"not a tad of difference"
"the new model is a shade better than the old one"
7. a mental representation of some haunting experience;
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"
"it aroused specters from his past"
8. a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)