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Shadow Light Phrase Doubt Verb 例:The Shadowed Member

单词 shadow
音标
英[ˈʃædəʊ] 美[ˈʃædoʊ]
解释
n.阴影;影子;鬼,幽灵;隐蔽处;vt.投阴影于;使朦胧;跟踪,尾随;预示;vi.渐变;阴沉;adj.影子内阁的;阴影的;非正式的;
例句

N-COUNT
影子
A shadow is a dark shape on a surface that is made when something stands between a light and the surface.
例:An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool...一棵橡树的影子投射在一洼圆形的小水池上。
例:Nothing would grow in the shadow of the grey wall...灰墙的背阴处什么东西也长不出来。

N-UNCOUNT
阴影;背光处;阴暗处
Shadow is darkness in a place caused by something preventing light from reaching it.
例:Most of the lake was in shadow.湖面的大部分都处在背阴中。
例:...a combination of light and shadow.光与影的结合

VERB
在…上投下阴影;遮蔽
If something shadows a thing or place, it covers it with a shadow.
例:The hood shadowed her face.风帽挡住了她的脸。

VERB
跟踪;尾随;盯梢
If someone shadows you, they follow you very closely wherever you go.
例:The supporters are being shadowed by a large and highly visible body of police.拥护者们被大队警察明目张胆地跟踪。

ADJ
(英国在野党的)影子内阁的
A British Member of Parliament who is a member of the shadow cabinet or who is a shadow cabinet minister belongs to the main opposition party and takes a special interest in matters which are the responsibility of a particular government minister.
例:...the shadow chancellor.影子内阁的财政大臣

PHRASE
毫无疑问;千真万确
If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.
例:It was without a shadow of a doubt the best we've played.毫无疑问这是我们表现最出彩的一次。

PHRASE
在…的阴影之下;在…的光环下(显得逊色)
If you live in the shadow of someone or in their shadow, their achievements and abilities are so great that you are not noticed or valued.
例:He has always lived in the shadow of his brother.他一直活在他哥哥的影子中。

PHRASE
大不如从前;不及当年
If you say that someone is a shadow of their former self, you mean that they are much less strong or capable than they used to be.
例:Johnson returned to the track after his ban but was a shadow of his former self.约翰逊在禁赛结束后又回到了跑道上,但已找不回当初的状态。
变形
third:shadows~done:shadowed~pl:shadows~ing:shadowing~past:shadowed~

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