单词 | shaded |
释义 | shadedadj. 1. a. Protected from light or heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade shadowy1398 shadowed1400 umbrous1480 shadowish1530 shadeful1563 shadowous1585 shady1589 umbrageous1622 shaded1635 swaly1820 adumbral1855 umbraged1890 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltered > from the weather lee?a1500 quiet1596 shaded1635 queem1673 lew1674 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) i. 56 I'de rather like the violet grow Vnmarkt i'th shaded vale. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 153 I placed a piece of amber in a shaded part of a window. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vi. 169 There are shaded walks for study and contemplation. 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 58 If human anguish o'er the shaded brow Pass shuddering, when the handful of pure earth Touches the coffin lid. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 276 These narrow shaded swamps gave us a world of trouble. b. Of a lamp, candle: Covered with a shade. Also as second element with a specifying colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [adjective] > of or resembling a lamp > with specific characteristics polymix1694 shaded1836 shadowless1859 globed1867 Holophane1893 Aladdin1908 reflectored1912 mob cap1971 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 352 A shaded lamp by the bed-side. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. v. 33 He was standing with some papers in his hand by a table with shaded candles on it. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve III. vii. 150 A small shaded reading lamp. 1881 Lady D. Hardy Through Cities & Prairie Lands 96 The shaded lamps were lighted. 1903 H. James Ambassadors vii. xvi. 222 His dinner with Maria Gostrey, between the pink-shaded candles. 1956 E. Grierson Second Man i. 32 The secluded corner table with the shaded lights. 1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog xii. 157 A red-shaded lamp. 2. Covered with shadow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed obumbrate?a1425 adumbered1596 overshadowed1603 shaded1672 overhung1845 beshaded1862 beshadowed- 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada Pt. 1 iii. i From her white temples fell her shaded hair, Like cloudy sunshine not too brown nor fair. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 12 O'er the shaded billows rush'd the night. 1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 402 If the moon indeed be attentively viewed, some days after her conjunction, the boundary of the shaded part will be seen as it were indented. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] > hinted or suggested shaded1583 blowna1616 suggested1660 alluded1700 intimated1849 hinted1853 involved1864 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiv His highnes perceiuing the shaded drift, called a counsell of diuers noble men [etc.]. 4. a. Having colours gradually passing into one another, marked with gradations of colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > change of colour > [adjective] > merging or gradating shadowed1639 shaded1710 ombré1918 1710 Tatler No. 151 The artificial nosegay, and shaded furbelow. 1799 Hull Advertiser 25 May 3/1 A complete stock of shaded worsted. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley v. 38 These shaded pink geraniums are exquisite. b. In collectors' names of moths: see quots. ΚΠ 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. Index 277 Shaded Broad Bar. 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 151 The Shaded Broad Bar (Thera obeliscata). 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 122 The Shaded Pug (Eupithecia subumbrata). 5. Of a drawing, etc.: see shade v.1 7. Also, of a colour or coloured object: Edged or variegated with some darker colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with darker colour shaded1796 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [adjective] > shade skiagraphical1663 shading1667 skiagraphic1761 shaded1839 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 188 Gills extremely white: pileus mouse-colour, shaded with brown. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ii. 17 Those far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple. 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 107 The shaded spaces b b, representing the position of the valve when shut. 1869 Athenæum 20 Feb. 279/1 An outline woodcut copy, and also a shaded one, of Occleve's beautiful miniature of Chaucer. 1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 405/2 Shaded, a general name for many varieties of job-letter, in which the main character is shaded. 6. Of prices, values, etc.: see shade v.1 9c. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adjective] > reduced > slightly or gradually shaded1960 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 26 Jan. 4/1 Oilcakes in limited demand at shaded rates. 1976 Birmingham Post 16 Dec. 9/11 R. and A. G. Crossland at 16½p and Moss Engineering 44p shaded, brighter contrasts being provided by Willmot Breeden at 49p. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1583 |
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