shading

shad·ing

S0308800 (shā′dĭng)n.1. A screening against light or heat.2. The lines or other marks used to fill in outlines of a sketch, engraving, or painting to represent gradations of color or darkness.3. A small variation, gradation, or difference.

shading

(ˈʃeɪdɪŋ) n (Art Terms) the graded areas of tone, lines, dots, etc, indicating light and dark in a painting or drawing

shad•ing

(ˈʃeɪ dɪŋ)

n. 1. a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc. 2. the representation of the different values of color or light and dark in a painting or drawing. [1605–15]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or paintingmarking - a pattern of markscrosshatch, hachure, hatch, hatching - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
	2.	shading - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between gradesblendinggradation, graduation - the act of arranging in grades

Translations

明暗

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