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shade/ʃeid/ n. & v.●n. 1 comparative darkness (and usu. coolness) caused by shelter from direct light and heat 荫；阴凉 2 a place or area sheltered from the sun 阴凉处 3 a darker part of a picture etc. (图画等的)暗部 4 a colour, esp. with regard to its depth or as distinguished from one nearly like it 色度；(尤指)色彩的深浅浓淡 5 a slight amount 微量，一点 am a shade better today 我今天稍微好一点了 6 a translucent cover for a lamp etc. (灯等)半透明的罩 7 a screen excluding or moderating light 遮光屏 8 an eye-shield 眼睛护罩 9 (in pl. 用复数) orig. US colloq. sunglasses [源于美口]太阳眼镜 10 a slightly differing variety 细微差别 all shades of opinion 意见的各种细微差别 11 literary [文学用语]a a ghost 幽灵 b (in pl. 用复数) Hades 冥府，阴间 12 (in pl. 用复数; foll. by 后跟 of) suggesting reminiscence or unfavourable comparison 联想；暗示 shades of Dr Johnson! 叫人想起了约翰逊博士 ! ●v. 1 tr. screen from light 遮(光)，罩(光)；挡(光) 2 tr. cover, moderate, or exclude the light of 荫蔽；为…遮光；为…挡光 3 tr. darken, esp. with parallel pencil lines, to represent shadow etc. 使暗淡(尤指用平行的铅笔线代表阴影等) 4 intr. & tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 away, off, into) pass or change by degrees 渐次改变 □ put in the shade appear or be very superior to (a person or thing) 使…黯然失色；使…相形见绌 □ shadeless adj.[Old English sc(e)adu, from Germanic] |