shad·ow
noun/ˈʃædəʊ/
/ˈʃædəʊ/
Idioms 
enlarge image[countable] the dark shape that somebody/something’s form makes on a surface, for example on the ground, when they are between the light and the surface阴影；影子 - The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows.
孩子们追逐着彼此的影子，玩得很开心。 - As the curtains moved in the breeze, the shadows on the floor seemed to dance.
随着窗帘在微风中移动，地板上的影子似乎在跳舞。 - The ship's sail cast a shadow on the water.
船帆在水面上投下一片影子。 - The shadows lengthened as the sun went down.
随着太阳西下，影子越拉越长。 - The man's face is hidden in a deep shadow cast by his umbrella.
男人的脸隐藏在雨伞投下的深深阴影中。 - They saw the shadow of a man pass by.
他们看到一个男人的影子走过。 - (figurative) He didn't want to cast a shadow on (= spoil) their happiness.
他不想给他们的幸福蒙上阴影。
Which Word? shade / shadowshade / shadowsee also 5 o'clock shadow- Shade [U] is an area or a part of a place that is protected from the heat of the sun and so is darker and cooler:
- Let’s sit in the shade for a while.
咱们在阴凉处坐一会儿吧。
- Let’s sit in the shade for a while.
- A shadow [C] is the dark shape made when a light shines on a person or an object:
- As the sun went down we cast long shadows on the lawn.
太阳落山时我们在草坪上留下长长的影子。
- As the sun went down we cast long shadows on the lawn.
- Shadow [U] is an area of darkness in which it is difficult to distinguish things easily:
- Her face was in deep shadow.
她的脸在阴暗处。
- Her face was in deep shadow.
Extra Examples- A dark shadow loomed over her.
一个黑影赫然向她逼近。 - Deep shadows lay across the small clearing where they sat.
浓重的阴影落在他们坐的那小块空地上。 - The candles on the table threw huge flickering shadows against the wall.
桌子上的蜡烛在墙上投下巨大而跳动的影子。 - The shadows of the clouds passed over us.
云朵的影子从我们头上掠过。 - Use a desk light to produce a strong shadow.
用台灯营造一个浓重的暗影。 - As he stood still I traced the outline of his shadow on the wall.
当他一动不动地站着时，我在墙上描绘出他的影子的轮廓。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- deep
- dense
- …
- cast
- create
- make
- …
- fall
- lie
- get longer
- …
- among the shadows
- in the shadows
- into the shadows
- …
- live in the shadow of somebody/something
- The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows.
- [uncountable](also shadows [plural])darkness in a place or on something, especially so that you cannot easily see who or what is there
昏暗处；背光处；阴暗处 - in the shadows I thought I saw a figure standing in the shadows.
我好像看见阴暗处站着一个人。 - in shadow His face was deep in shadow, turned away from her.
他扭过头去背对着她，脸冲着暗处。 - A man in black emerged from the shadows.
一名黑衣男子从阴影中走了出来。 - It had grown dark, and the shadows could be hiding anything.
天已经黑了，阴影里可能隐藏着什么。 - It's a spooky story about the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
这是一个关于潜伏在阴影中的怪物的怪异故事。 - She shrank back into the shadows as the footsteps approached.
脚步声逼近时，她缩回到暗处。 - ‘I'm right here,’ I said, stepping out of the shadows.
“我就在这里，”我说着，从阴影中走了出来。
Which Word? shade / shadowshade / shadow- Shade [U] is an area or a part of a place that is protected from the heat of the sun and so is darker and cooler:
- Let’s sit in the shade for a while.
咱们在阴凉处坐一会儿吧。
- Let’s sit in the shade for a while.
- A shadow [C] is the dark shape made when a light shines on a person or an object:
- As the sun went down we cast long shadows on the lawn.
太阳落山时我们在草坪上留下长长的影子。
- As the sun went down we cast long shadows on the lawn.
- Shadow [U] is an area of darkness in which it is difficult to distinguish things easily:
- Her face was in deep shadow.
她的脸在阴暗处。
- Her face was in deep shadow.
Extra Examples- I could just make out a figure in the shadows.
我只能隐约辨认出暗处有一个人影。 - She shrank back into the shadows as the footsteps approached.
脚步声逼近时，她缩回到暗处。 - Suddenly a huge figure loomed up out of the shadows.
突然，一个巨大的人影从暗处闪现出来。 - The house lay in dark shadow.
房子处于浓重的阴影之中。 - The storm clouds threw the mountain peaks into dense shadow.
暴风雨来临时的乌云把山里笼罩在浓重的阴影之中。 - She lay on the bed in a pool of shadow.
她躺在床上，周围一片阴影。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- deep
- dense
- …
- cast
- create
- make
- …
- fall
- lie
- get longer
- …
- among the shadows
- in the shadows
- into the shadows
- …
- live in the shadow of somebody/something
- in the shadows I thought I saw a figure standing in the shadows.
- [singular] shadow of something a very small amount of something
微量；少许 - A shadow of a smile touched his mouth.
他嘴角透出一丝笑意。 - She knew beyond a shadow of a doubt (= with no doubt at all) that he was lying.
她十分清楚他在说谎。
- A shadow of a smile touched his mouth.
- [singular] the strong (often bad) influence of somebody/something
（坏）影响 - The new leader wants to escape from the shadow of his predecessor.
新任领导想要摆脱前任的影响。 - Bergman casts a long shadow over world cinema.
伯格曼给世界电影留下了很长的阴影。 - under the shadow of somebody/something These people have been living for years under the shadow of fear.
这些人多年来一直生活在恐惧的阴影中。
- The new leader wants to escape from the shadow of his predecessor.
- shadows[plural] dark areas under somebody’s eyes, because they are tired, etc.
黑眼圈 - She looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
她看上去脸色苍白，有明显的眼圈。
- She looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
- [countable] a person or an animal that follows somebody else all the time
形影不离的人（或动物） - [countable] a thing that is not real or possible to obtain
虚幻的事物；不可能得到的东西 - You can't spend all your life chasing shadows.
你不能一辈子追求虚无缥缈的东西。
see also eyeshadow, five o’clock shadow - You can't spend all your life chasing shadows.
dark shape
darkness
small amount
influence
under eyes
somebody that follows somebody
something not real
Word OriginOld English scead(u)we (noun), oblique case of sceadu (see shade), sceadwian ‘screen or shield from attack’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaduw and German Schatten (nouns), from an Indo-European root shared by Greek skotos ‘darkness’.
Idioms
be frightened/nervous/scared of your own shadow
- to be very easily frightened; to be very nervous
非常胆小（或十分紧张）
be a shadow/ghost of your former self
- to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have
失去昔日的力量（或影响等）；威风不再；不如当年 - When his career ended, he became a shadow of his former self.
当他的职业生涯结束时，他变成了以前的自己的影子。
- When his career ended, he became a shadow of his former self.
in/under the shadow of
- very close to
在…近旁 - The new market is in the shadow of the City Hall.
新建的市场紧挨着市政厅。
- The new market is in the shadow of the City Hall.
- when you say that somebody is in/under the shadow of another person, you mean that they do not receive as much attention as that person
被（某人的光彩）所掩盖 - A younger son often lives in the shadow of his elder brother.
小儿子常常生活在哥哥的阴影下。
- A younger son often lives in the shadow of his elder brother.