shade

• n. 树荫；阴影；阴凉处；遮阳物；（照片等的）明暗度；少量、些微；细微的差别
• vt. 使阴暗；使渐变；为…遮阳；使阴郁；掩盖
• vi. （颜色、色彩等）渐变
• n. (Shade)人名；(英、德)谢德

来自古英语 scead,遮盖，树阴，来自 Proto-Germanic*skadwaz,遮盖，来自 PIE*skot,遮盖，掩 盖，黑暗，可能来自 PIE*skeu,隐藏，遮盖，词源同 shoe,hide.引申诸相关词义。

1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body;

"it is much cooler in the shade"

"there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"

2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;

"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

3. protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight;

"they used umbrellas as shades"

"as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;

"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"

"don't argue about shades of meaning"

5. a position of relative inferiority;

"an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"

"his brother's success left him in the shade"

6. a slight amount or degree of difference;

"a tad too expensive"

"not a tad of difference"

"the new model is a shade better than the old one"

7. a mental representation of some haunting experience;

"he looked like he had seen a ghost"

"it aroused specters from his past"

8. a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

shade

shade: [OE] Shade and shadow [12] are ultimately the same word. Both originated in Old English sceadu. Shade is the direct descendant of this, whereas shadow comes from its inflected form sceaduwe. Sceadu itself went back via prehistoric Germanic *skathwō (source also of German schatten and Dutch schaduw) to Indo- European *skotwá (whence also Greek skótos ‘darkness’ and Welsh cysgod ‘shade’). Shed ‘hut’ probably originated as a variant of shade.
=> shadow, shed

shade (n.)

Middle English schade, Kentish ssed, from late Old English scead "partial darkness; shelter, protection," also partly from sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness; shady place, arbor, protection from glare or heat," both from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (cognates: Old Saxon skado, Middle Dutch scade, Dutch schaduw, Old High German scato, German Schatten, Gothic skadus), from PIE *skot-wo-, from root *skot- "dark, shade" (cognates: Greek skotos "darkness, gloom," Albanian kot "darkness," Old Irish scath, Old Welsh scod, Breton squeut "darkness," Gaelic sgath "shade, shadow, shelter").

Figurative use in reference to comparative obscurity is from 1640s. Meaning "a ghost" is from 1610s; dramatic (or mock-dramatic) expression "shades of _____" to invoke or acknowledge a memory is from 1818, from the "ghost" sense. Meaning "lamp cover" is from 1780. Sense of "window blind" first recorded 1845. Meaning "cover to protect the eyes" is from 1801. Meaning "grade of color" first recorded 1680s; that of "degree or gradiation of darkness in a color" is from 1680s (compare nuance, from French nue "cloud"). Meaning "small amount or degree" is from 1782.

shade (v.)

c. 1400, "to screen from light or heat," from shade (n.). From 1520s as "to cast a shadow over;" figurative use in this sense from 1580s. Sense in painting and drawing is from 1797. In reference to colors, 1819. Related: Shaded; shading.

shade, shadow

这两个名词均有"荫，荫凉处"之意。

shade： 指阳光被遮挡后出现的荫凉处，如树荫等，无一定的轮廓或边界。

shadow： 常指光线被物体挡住所产生的阴影，影子，有明显的轮廓。

When asked straightforwardly, people tend to lie or shade the truth when the subject is sex, money or employment.

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Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade.

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But it picks up more shades of blue, yellow, and grey than humans do.

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I count twelve shades of green from where I stand.

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It slows down the loss of shade trees.

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Take it easy for the rest of the day, and stay in the shade.

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The change in how coffee is grown from shade-grown production to full-sun production endangers the very existence of, certain animals and birds, and even disturbs the world's ecological balance.

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The heat was unbearable--almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus.

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The loss of shade trees is already causing a slight change in the world's climate, and studies show that loss of oxygen-giving trees also leads to air pollution and global warming.

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The shade of the forest trees provides a home for birds and other special that depend on the trees' flowers and fruits.

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There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall.

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There, sitting in the shade against its strong trunk, I read my books, ate my candy and drank my orange juice.

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They can purchase shade-grown coffee whenever possible, although at a higher cost.

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Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos.

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Forests give us shade, quiet and one of the harder challenges in the fight against climate change.

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We sat down in the shade of the wall.

我们在墙根的背阴处坐下。

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The temperature can reach 40˚C in the shade .

背阴处温度可达40˚C。

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The trees provide shade for the animals in the summer.

夏天，这些树为动物提供乘凉的地方。

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I bought a new shade for the lamp.

我给那盏灯买了一个新罩子。

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an eyeshade

遮阳眼罩

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a delicate/pale/rich/soft shade of red

淡 / 浅 / 艳 / 柔和的红色

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The painting needs more light and shade .

这幅画明暗层次不够。

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politicians of all shades of opinion

持各种政见的政治人物

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The word has many shades of meaning.

这个词有很多层意思。

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He was feeling a shade disappointed.

他略感失望。

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short skirts and long boots─shades of the 1960s

短裙和高筒靴——20世纪60年代的余韵

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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。

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The walls were painted in two shades of green.

墙壁是用深浅两种绿色油漆的。

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Temperatures in the shade can reach forty-eight degrees celsius at this time of year...

一年中的这个时间,背阴处的温度可达到 48 摄氏度。

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Alexis walked up the coast, and resumed his reading in the shade of an overhanging cliff.

亚历克西斯顺着海岸前行，走到一处悬崖下的阴凉地又重新开始阅读。

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...a health resort whose beaches are shaded by palm trees...

海滩上棕榈树成阴的疗养胜地

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Most plants prefer to be lightly shaded from direct, hot sunlight...

大多数植物都要尽量避免强光直射。

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You can't look directly into it; you've got to shade your eyes or close them altogether...

你不能直视它，必须遮住眼睛或索性闭上。

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I had to stop at the traffic lights and put down the sun visor to shade my eyes from the light.

我不得不在红绿灯处停车，然后放下遮阳板来遮挡阳光。

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...Rembrandt's skilful use of light and shade to create the atmosphere of movement.

伦勃朗为营造一种动态效果而对光线和阴影的巧妙运用

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...the capacity to convey subtle shades of meaning.

能表达意思上的各种微妙差别的能力

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...literally dozens of newspapers of every shade of opinion.

确实很多报纸观点各异

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As the dusk shaded into night, we drove slowly through narrow alleys...

夜幕渐渐降临，我们驱车在狭窄的胡同里缓慢前行。

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The tail feathers are dark blue at their bases, shading to pale blue at their tips.

尾羽的根部呈深蓝色，到了尾尖就渐变成淡蓝色。

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Nancy left the shades down and the lights off.

南希放下窗帘，关了灯。

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His writing benefits from the shade of Lincoln hovering over his shoulder.

他的写作得益于他感到已故的林肯一直在他身后激励着他。

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The first two goals were a shade fortunate...

头两个进球都有点碰巧。

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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。

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...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。

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...a run that put every other hurdler's performance in the shade.

一次让其他所有跨栏运动员的表现都相形见绌的赛跑

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