| 单词 | fade |
| 释义 | fade (once / 179 pages) 1vn 2v 3n When things fade, they gradually become less clear or more faint. When you wake up after having a strange dream, its details quickly begin to fade unless you write them down right away. Dreams usually fade once you wake up, and sunlight begins to fade toward the end of the day. Sounds can fade too, as when the music you can hear from a passing car begins to fade as it moves down the road. Disappointments in life can make your hopes and dreams fade, and the smell of cut flowers will eventually fade as well. The Old French root word, fader, means "weaken, wilt, or wither." WORD FAMILYfade: faded, fades, fading+/faded: fadedly, prefaded/fading: fadings, unfading/unfading: unfadingly USAGE EXAMPLESProblem is, his poems fade in the fifth stanza. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “These internet celebrities quickly fade from view. They’re kind of left alone, wondering what just happened.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The promise quickly faded when Penn State offered a scholarship two years later. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly The scene begins to fade Syn|Hyper melt weaken become weaker 2v disappear gradually Syn|Hyper blow over, evanesce, fleet, pass, pass off disappear, go away, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation 3n gradually ceasing to be visible 2Syn|Hyper disappearance conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 1v lose freshness, vigor, or vitality Her bloom was fading Syn|Hyper wither disappear, go away, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation 2v become feeble 3Syn|Hyper languish degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop grow worse n a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer Syn|Hyper slice, slicing golf shot, golf stroke, swing the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
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