单词详解

1. n.

A. [U] 荫，阴暗处，背光处 (an unilluminated area)

Sometimes the girl sits alone in the shadow. 有时候女孩独自一人坐在幽暗处。

He walked along in the shadows hoping no one would recognize him.

他走在暗处，希望没有人认出他来。

B. [C] 影子，阴影 (shade within clear boundaries)

Lunar eclipse occurs when the earth’s shadow falls on the moon.

地球的影子落在月球上时，就发生月蚀。

The tree cast its shadow on the wall. 树影映在墙上。

2. vt.

A. 投阴影于 (cast a shadow over)

The earthquake shadowed his whole existence. 地震使他的整个生活蒙上了阴影。

B. 遮蔽，使变暗，使阴郁 (make appear small by comparison)

The sunglasses almost shadowed her face. 太阳镜几乎遮住了她的脸。

C. 盯梢，尾随 (follow, usually without the person’s knowledge)

The police have been shadowing him for months.

警方已秘密跟踪他几个月了。

相关词组

1. in the shadow of 在……附近

For years he lived in the shadow of his famous mother. 他受母亲盛名荫庇多年。

2. in the shadow 在阴暗处

Sometimes she sits alone in the shadow. 有时候她独自一人坐在幽暗处。

3. eye shadow 眼影，眼睑膏

The girl put thick eye shadow. 这个女孩画了重重的眼影。

相关单词

形容词：shadowy 有阴影的，朦胧的

过去式：shadowed

过去分词：shadowed

现在分词：shadowing

第三人称单数：shadows

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词语辨析：shade, shadow

shade, shadow

shade: 侧重指阳光被遮挡后出现的荫凉处，如树荫等。

shadow: 侧重指光线被物体挡住所产生的阴影，影子。

词语详解

1. shade: 侧重指阳光被遮挡后出现的荫凉处，如树荫等。

It’s cooler in the shade. 阴凉下比较凉爽。

2. shadow: 侧重指光线被物体挡住所产生的阴影，影子。

Our shadows will get longer when the sun sets down.

太阳落下去的时候，我们的影子会变长。