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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
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.
墙壁是用深浅两种绿色油漆的。
...new eyeshadows in a choice of 80 shades.
有 80 种色彩的新款眼影
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]阴凉处；背阴；(树)阴 Shade is an area of darkness under or next to an object such as a tree, where sunlight does not reach.
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。
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。
...exotic trees provide welcome shade.
充满异国风情的树下可以感受到令人舒爽的阴凉。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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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
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。
Umbrellas shade outdoor cafes along winding cobblestone streets.
在曲折蜿蜒的鹅卵石街道的两边，一把把阳伞为露天咖啡馆遮阴挡阳。
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[VERB 动词](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.
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。
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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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](绘画的)暗部，阴影部分 Shade is darkness or shadows as they are shown in a picture.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](抽象事物的)细微差别，不同方面 The
shades of something abstract are its many, slightly different forms.
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[VERB 动词]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.
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。
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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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]太阳镜；墨镜 Shades are
sunglasses .
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 lampshade A
shade is the same as a
lampshade .
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]窗帘；卷帘 A
shade is a piece of stiff cloth or heavy paper that you can pull down over a window as a covering.
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 blind
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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[LITERARY 文]
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See also:shaded
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shading
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
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。
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[PHRASE 短语](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.
...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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[PHRASE 短语]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.
Usage Note :
Take care not to confuse shade and shadow
注意不要混淆 shade 和 shadow。