shade

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1151页（932字）

【释义】：

n．①(只用sing．)荫，树荫，荫凉地方：Let us take a rest in the shade of the tree．让我们在树荫下休息一会．Keep the medicine in the shade．把药放在阴凉处．②(颜色的)浓淡，(画的)色调，阴暗部分：three different shades of brown三种深浅不同的褐色．There is not enough light and shade in the drawing．这幅画的明暗不够显明．③遮蔽物(灯罩、遮光板、屏风、防护罩、帘、幕等)：a window shade 窗帘．a lamp shade 灯伞．④微小的差别：This is a word with many shades of meaning．这是一个意义具有许多微小差异的词．She looks a shade better today．看起来她今天好一些了．⑤(pl．)阴暗，幽暗：The shades of evening had by this time fallen upon the quiet city．此时夜幕已笼罩着这座寂静的城市．⑥鬼魂，幽灵．

△in the shade 1)在阴处．2)默默无闻．throw(or cast，put)sth·(or sb．)into the shade 使相形见绌．

－vt．①遮，遮蔽，遮住：遮光：shade alamp把灯遮起来．shade one’s eyes from the sun遮住阳光使不刺眼睛．The tree shades the house nicely．这树恰好把房子遮住．②(在画上)画阴影，(制图)描黑．

－vi．①(颜色)逐渐变化(off，into，away)：scarlet as hading off into pink红色逐渐变成粉红色．②【喻】(意义)逐渐变化．shad·ing n．①(绘画)明暗，明暗法．②细微差别．