shade
英[?e?d]
美[?ed]
- n. 樹蔭；陰影；陰涼處；遮陽物；（照片等的）明暗度；少量、些微；細微的差別
- vt. 使陰暗；使漸變；為…遮陽；使陰郁；掩蓋
- vi. （顏色、色彩等）漸變
- n. (Shade)人名；(英、德)謝德
英英釋意
- 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)