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shad.ow DARKNESSH5FAd7EJ, $-oJn(an) area of darkness, caused by light being blocked by something, which usually has a similar shape to the object that is blocking the light and which appears to be joined to it阴影，影子The children were playing, jumping on each other's shadows. [C]孩子们正在彼此影子上跳来跳去玩耍。Jamie followed his mother around all day like a shadow. [C]杰米像影子一样整天跟着他母亲。The sun shone through the leaves, casting shadows on the lawn. [C]太阳光透过树叶，在草地上投下影子。The house next door casts a shadow over our garden. [C]邻家的房屋在我们的花园里投下阴影。If something unpleasant casts a shadow, it makes something else less happy or good than it would otherwise have been.给…投上阴影Her father's illness cast a shadow over the birth of her baby. [C]她父亲的病给她孩子的出生蒙上了一层浓重阴影。Memories of the war still cast a long/dark shadow over relations between the two countries. [C]战争的芥蒂仍使两国间的关系蒙着一层阴影。A swinging bare electric bulb threw sinister shadows across the wall of the darkened room. [C]一只没有灯罩的电灯泡来回摆动，在幽暗房间的墙上投下了不祥的阴影。Our cat's so nervous, it's afraid/frightened/scared of its own shadow (= is always extremely nervous and is easily frightened). [C]我们的小猫非常胆小，它连自己的影子都害怕（极度易惊）。(fig.) You'll wear yourself to a shadow (= will become thin, tired and weak) if you keep working so hard. [C]如果你再这么卖力工作下去的话，你会变得精疲力竭的。(fig.) The new minister is a pale shadow of (= is less powerful or influential or effective than) his predecessor. [C]新部长的魄力不如他的前任。This corner of the room is always in shadow (= darkness). [U]房间的这一角总是在很暗。A shadow is also a small dark area of skin under your eye.黑眼圈She put on some make-up to cover the dark shadows under her eyes. [C]她用了一些化妆品来掩盖她眼睛下的黑圈。If a shadow is hanging over you, something unpleasant is influencing you.受…的消极影响The team has the shadow of four successive defeats hanging over them. [C]这支球队笼罩在四次连续失败的阴影之中。She has always been in/under her sister's shadow (= Her sister has always seemed better than she is, and has attracted more attention than she has.)她一直被她姐姐的光彩所掩。They live in a charming house in/under the shadow of (= close to) the cathedral.他们住在一所离教堂很近的有着迷人魅力的房子里。If you are in/under the shadow of something unpleasant, that thing either seems likely to happen and to have a bad effect on your life, or is already having a bad effect on your life.在…的阴影中We are all living under the shadow of war.我们都生活在战争的阴影中。He is under the shadow of investigation for illegal business activities.他正处在因非法交易而受到调查的阴影中。If you are a shadow of your former self, you have less strength or influence or weight than you did before.力量、影响或体重不如以前The former world boxing champion is now only a shadow of his former self.这位前世界拳击冠军现已风光不再。Since she had cancer, she's become a shadow of her former self.自从患了癌症之后，她已经瘦得不成样子了。To shadow-box is to fight an imaginary enemy by hitting the air with your hands.与假想对手打拳Boxers often shadow-box when they are training.拳击手在训练时常会做一些空拳练习。(fig.) A lot of shadow-boxing (= making a suggestion in order to find out what someone else's opinions or intentions are) goes on in parliament.议员们互相旁敲侧击，进行摸底。
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