Shade
[ʃeɪd] or [ʃed]
解释:
(noun.) protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; 'they used umbrellas as shades'; 'as the sun moved he readjusted the shade'.
(noun.) a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment).
(noun.) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; 'after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted'.
(noun.) a position of relative inferiority; 'an achievement that puts everything else in the shade'; 'his brother's success left him in the shade'.
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; 'the butterfly wings shade to yellow'.
(verb.) vary slightly; 'shade the meaning'.
(verb.) protect from light, heat, or view; 'Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight'.
(verb.) represent the effect of shade or shadow on.
贝琪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
(n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
(n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
(n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
(n.) Shadow.
(n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
(n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
(n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
(n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
(v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
(v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
(v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
(v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
(v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
(v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
格里菲思校对
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Shadow.[2]. Darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom.[3]. Screen, curtain, veil.[4]. Color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye.[5]. Degree, kind, variety, minute difference.[6]. Ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes.
v. a. [1]. Obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shade.[2]. Screen, cover, protect.
整理:薇尔玛
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Shadow, adumbration, umbrage, darkness,[See FETTER], obscurity, seclusion,protection, shelter, screen, oscuro, minuteness, touch, degree
ANT:Illumination, light, daylight, sunshine, brightness, radiance, glare, chiaro,amount, largeness, considerableness, quantity, publicity, defencelessness,exposure
SYN:Shelter, screen, obscure, darken, cloud,[See {[gombreuc-^]?}]
ANT:Illuminate, brighten, make_light
珍妮特编辑
解释:
n. partial darkness: interception of light: obscurity: a shady place: protection: shelter: a screen: degree of colour: a very minute change: (paint.) the dark part of a picture: the soul separated from the body: a ghost: (obs. poet.) a bodily shadow: (pl.) the departed spirits or their unseen abode Hades.—v.t. to screen from light or heat: to shelter: to mark with gradations of colour: to darken: (Spens.) to foreshadow represent.—adjs. Shā′ded marked with gradations of colour: sheltered; Shade′ful shady; Shade′less without shade.—n. Shā′der.—adv. Shā′dily.—ns. Shā′diness; Shā′ding the act of making a shade: the effect of light and shade as in a picture; Shā′ding-pen a pen with a broad flat nib.—adj. Shā′dy having or in shade: sheltered from light or heat: (coll.) not fit to bear the light of dubious honesty or morality.
亚伦编辑
例句:
- I then signed to Mr. Peggotty to remain where he was, and emerged from their shade to speak to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I turned from the group of trees and the merrie companie in its shade. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Coloring matter, dissolved in alcohol, may be put in and made of any shade you like. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Paths, hedges, fields, houses, and trees, were enveloped in one deep shade. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Give it to me, and let me put a paper round it, and tie it to my umbrella with my shade;--there, now. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- A particular shade of any colour may acquire a new degree of liveliness or brightness without any other variation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The shady retreat furnished relief from the garish day to the primitive man, and the opaque shades and Venetian blinds of modern civilization exclude the excess of light at our windows. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- There were black, deep blue, lighter blue, green, purple, red, yellow, white, and other colours or shades of colours. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Two colours, that are of the same kind, may yet be of different shades, and in that respect admit of comparison. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The terrors and horrors of Cocytus and Styx, ghosts and sapless shades, and the rest of their Tartarean nomenclature, must vanish. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- It is only the nucleus that can be guessed at; the fringe which shades out into various degrees of respectability remains entirely unmeasured. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- One beautiful evening, when the first shades of twilight were beginning to settle upon the earth, Oliver sat at this window, intent upon his books. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Down the sable flood we glided, I thought of the Styx, and of Charon rowing some solitary soul to the Land of Shades. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Beyond the boundaries of the plantation, George had noticed a dry, sandy knoll, shaded by a few trees; there they made the grave. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- But the difference is but one of emphasis; the meaning that is shaded in one set of words is illuminated in the other. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Eustacia turned, entered the house, and ascended to the front bedroom, where a shaded light was burning. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Good morning, reddleman, she said, hardly troubling to lift her heavily shaded eyes to his. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Not the least disguise toned down or shaded off that uncompromising fact in the landscape. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- When they came to some heavily shaded spots, the fine trees were marked T to indicate that the work in getting through them would be tough. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Louisa,' said Mr. Gradgrind, shading his face with his hand, 'has always been my favourite child. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- For photo-lithography only line drawing, type print, or script, without any smooth shading, can be employed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- St. Clare had been sitting, during the whole time, with his hand shading his eyes, in the same attitude. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Well, sir, returns the stationer, shading his communication with his hat, it falls a little hard upon me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- She rises from table, takes a lounging-chair, and reclines in it, shading her face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The lawyer stands before the fire with his hand out at arm's length, shading his face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- When he had well examined it, he retired with Mr. Kenge into a window, and shading his mouth with his black glove, spoke to him at some length. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
手打:普里西拉