Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense shades, present participle shading, past tense, past participle shaded
1N-COUNT [inNOUN](色彩的)浓淡,深浅,色度 A shade of a particular colour is one of its different forms. For example, emerald green and olive green are shades of green. (色彩的)浓淡,深浅,色度
In the mornings the sky appeared a heavy shade of mottled gray.
清晨,天空呈现出斑驳的深灰色。
The walls were painted in two shades of green. [+ of]
3VERB 给…遮挡(光线);荫蔽 If you say that a place or person is shaded by objects such as trees, you mean that the place or person cannot be reached, harmed, or bothered by strong sunlight because those objects are in the way. 给…遮挡(光线);荫蔽
...a health resort whose beaches are shaded by palm trees. [beVERB-ed]
海滩上棕榈树成阴的疗养胜地
Most plants prefer to be lightly shaded from direct, hot sunlight. [beV-ed from n]
大多数植物都要尽量避免强光直射。
Umbrellas shade outdoor cafes along winding cobblestone streets. [VERB noun]
These plants will grow happily in a sunny or partially shaded spot.
这些植物在阳光充足或有部分光线照射的地方长势良好。
4VERB (为避免强光照射而)遮挡,遮住(眼睛) If you shade your eyes, you put your hand or an object partly in front of your face in order to prevent a bright light from shining into your eyes. (为避免强光照射而)遮挡,遮住(眼睛)
You can't look directly into it; you've got to shade your eyes or close them altogether. [VERB noun]
你不能直视它,必须遮住眼睛或索性闭上。
I had to stop at the traffic lights and put down the sun visor to shade my eyes from the light. [VERB noun from noun]
7VERB 逐渐变成;渐渐与…分辨不清 If something shades into something else, there is no clear division between the two things, so that you cannot tell where or when the first thing ends and the second thing begins. 逐渐变成;渐渐与…分辨不清
As the dusk shaded into night, we drove slowly through narrow alleys. [VERB + into]
夜幕渐渐降临,我们驱车在狭窄的胡同里缓慢前行。
The tail feathers are dark blue at their bases, shading to pale blue at their tips. [VERBto noun]
11N-COUNT [usually NOUNof n]魂灵;幽灵 The shade of a dead person is their spirit, which is thought to be still alive in some way and in contact with the real world. 魂灵;幽灵 [literary]
His writing benefits from the shade of Lincoln hovering over his shoulder.
13PHRASE [PHR adj/adv/prep]有点;略微 If you say that something is, for example, a shade unusual or a shade disappointing, you mean that it is slightly unusual or disappointing. 有点;略微
The first two goals were a shade fortunate.
头两个进球都有点碰巧。
He found her charming, but perhaps just a shade too ingenuous for him.
他觉得她很迷人,但对他来说可能又有点太过天真。
The South is now only a shade behind the rest of the affluent United States.
与美国其他富庶的地方相比,南方现在只是略微落后。
14PHRASE (演出等的)富于变化,多层次 If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood. (演出等的)富于变化,多层次 [written, approval]
...a faltering, artless voice that is pleasant enough, if rather lacking in light and shade.
尽管缺乏层次变化,但听上去仍比较悦耳的有些颤抖、未作修饰的嗓音。
15PHRASE 使黯然失色;使相形见绌 To put someone or something in the shade means to be so impressive that the person or thing seems unimportant by comparison. 使黯然失色;使相形见绌
...a run that put every other hurdler's performance in the shade.