shades

shade

S0308500 (shād)n.1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays: sat in the shade under the tree.3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.4. a. A gradation of a color as it is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated: shades of gray.b. A slight difference or variation; a nuance: shades of meaning. See Synonyms at nuance.c. A small amount; a trace: detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.5. a. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat: closed the window shades.b. shades Informal Sunglasses.6. shadesa. Dark shadows gathering at dusk: "The shades of night are falling fast" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).b. The abode of the dead; the underworld: went to the shades of hell.7. a. A disembodied spirit; a ghost.b. shades A present reminder of a person or situation in the past: shades of my high-school days.v. shad·ed, shad·ing, shades v.tr.1. To screen from light or heat: Trees shaded the street.2. To obscure or darken: "A sliver of mustache shaded his upper lip" (Michael Finkel).3. a. To represent degrees of shade or shadow in: shade a drawing.b. To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture: shaded the pink in the sunset.4. To change or vary by slight degrees: shade the meaning.5. To make a slight reduction in: shade prices.v.intr. To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.Idiom: a shade A little bit; slightly: a sprinter who was a shade quicker that the rest.

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[Middle English, from Old English sceadu.]

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shad′er n.

shades

(ʃeɪdz) pl n1. gathering darkness at nightfall2. (Clothing & Fashion) a slang word for sunglasses3. (Classical Myth & Legend) the shades (often capital) a literary term for Hades4. (foll by of) undertones or suggestions: shades of my father!.

Thesaurus

Noun

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shades - spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades"dark glasses, sunglassesPolaroid - (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glareeyeglasses, glasses, specs, spectacles - optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective visionplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

太阳眼镜

shade

(ʃeid) noun1. slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light. I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun. 蔭，陰涼處 荫，阴凉处 2. the dark parts of a picture. light and shade in a portrait. 陰影 阴影部分3. something that screens or shelters from light or heat. a large sunshade; a shade for a light. 遮光物 遮光帘4. a variety of a colour; a slight difference. a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning. 色調，細微差別 （色彩的）浓淡，（意义的）细微差别 5. a slight amount. The weather is a shade better today. 少許 少许 verb1. (sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat. He put up his hand to shade his eyes. 遮蔽 遮蔽2. to make darker. You should shade the foreground of that drawing. 加上陰影 使阴暗3. (with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another. 顏色逐漸轉變 色彩渐变ˈshaded adjective (of parts of a picture) made darker. 加上陰影的 加上阴暗的shades noun plural (especially American) sunglasses. (尤在美國)太陽眼鏡 太阳眼镜ˈshading noun (in a picture etc) the marking that shows the darker parts. (繪畫) 明暗法 （绘画中的）明暗 ˈshady adjective1. sheltered or giving shelter from heat or light. a shady tree; a shady corner of the garden. 成蔭的 荫凉的，背阴的 2. dishonest. a shady business. 不正當的 可疑的ˈshadiness noun 陰涼，不正當 荫凉，可疑性 put in the shade to cause to seem unimportant. She is so beautiful that she puts her sister in the shade. 使遜色 使逊色