2VERB [usually passive]使黯然失色;使相形见绌;使显得无足轻重 If you are overshadowed by a person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are. 使黯然失色;使相形见绌;使显得无足轻重
Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister. [beVERB-ed]
赫斯特在她那年轻而且姿色更胜一筹的妹妹面前黯然失色。
3VERB (楼房、树木、大型建筑物等)遮蔽,遮挡 If one building, tree, or large structure overshadows another, it stands near it, is much taller than it, and casts a shadow over it. (楼房、树木、大型建筑物等)遮蔽,遮挡
He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square. [VERB noun]
他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。
She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not overshadowed by trees or walls. [VERB-ed]