| 单词 | under or in the shadow of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder or in the shadow of a. The dark figure which a body ‘casts’ or ‘throws’ upon a surface by intercepting the direct rays of the sun or other luminary; the image (approximately exact or more or less distorted) which this figure presents of the form of the intercepting body. under or in the shadow of: within the purlieus of, close up against, in proximity to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > image of a person or thing > shadow shadowc1386 the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition] nighOE anentOE atOE yhendeOE anewstc1275 nigh handa1300 neara1325 narc1325 againstc1384 nearhanda1400 towardc1400 towards?1447 nearhand?c1450 nearbyc1485 anear1532 anigh1583 under or in the shadow of1853 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 212 Certes a shadwe hath the liknesse of the thyng of which it is shadwe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19277 Þe seke war born þam for to mete, þat petre scaudu on þaim suld rine þar-of had mani seke medicine. c1450 Mirk's Festial 188 Wher þat euer he ȝeode, and his schadow glod on a seke body, he was hole anon. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. 56 I solde you not the shadowe of the Asse. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. x. 226 The shaddow is alwaies found to be opposite in place to the Sun-beams. 1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. xxiii. 191 Lord Larborough..followed me about like a Shadow. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 467 Eclipses of the moon are owing to the shadow of the earth falling upon the moon. 1874 tr. E. Lommel Nature of Light (ed. 4) 14 An opaque body is illuminated on that side of its surface only which is turned towards the light, its opposite surface, as well as a space covered by it, the shadow, remains dark. < as lemmas |
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