shadow

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈʃædəʊ̯/|[ˈʃʰædəʊ̯]|/ˈʃædɵʊ̯/|[ˈʃʰædɵ̞ʊ̯]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. countable,uncountable
    — My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
  2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity. countable,uncountable
    — I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
  3. An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight). countable,uncountable
    — The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
  4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. countable,obsolete,poetic,uncountable
    — Some there be that ſhadowes kiſſe, / Such haue but a ſhadowes bliſſe.
  5. That which looms as though a shadow. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  6. A small degree; a shade. countable,uncountable
    — He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
  7. An imperfect and faint representation. countable,uncountable
    — He came back from war the shadow of a man.
  8. A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer. UK,countable,uncountable
  9. One who secretly or furtively follows another. countable,uncountable
    — The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.
  10. An inseparable companion. countable,uncountable
  11. A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc. countable,uncountable
  12. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one. countable,uncountable
    — Men see the institution and worship it. It is only the lengthened shadow of one man.[…]The Reformation is the shadow of Luther: Quakerism of Fox: Methodism of Wesley: Abolition of Clarkson.
  13. A spirit; a ghost; a shade. countable,uncountable
    — The Baby of a Girle. Hence horrible ſhadow,
  14. An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited. Latinism,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — I muſt not haue my boord peſter'd with ſhadowes, / That under other mens protection breake in / Without invitement.
  15. An unconscious aspect of the personality. countable,uncountable
    — In a paper he wrote in 1939, Jung compared the shadow to Freud's concept of the unconscious.
动词 v.
  1. To shade, cloud, or darken. transitive
    — The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.
  2. To block light or radio transmission from. transitive
    — Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
  3. To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
    — Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.
  4. To represent faintly and imperfectly. transitive
    — Ah, ye admonitions and warnings! why stay ye not when ye come? But rather are ye predictions than warnings, ye shadows!
  5. To hide; to conceal. transitive
  6. To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up. intransitive,transitive
    — In most cases, interns have mainly observed, or “shadowed,” their Hands-On hosts, but some interns have been given real tasks to perform, […]
  7. To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first. transitive
    — In this snippet, inside the for loop the a and b variables shadow variables from the outer scope, and while legal, this is almost certainly a programming error.
  8. To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM). transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
    — The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.
  2. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
    — The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.
  3. Part of, or related to, the opposition in government. Commonwealth
  4. Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized. US
    — The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in.

词形变化

shadows plural more shadow comparative most shadow superlative shadows present,singular,third-person shadowing participle,present shadowed participle,past shadowed past

词汇关系

衍生词
acoustic shadow afraid of one's own shadow antishadow backshadow backshadowing beshade beyond a shadow of a doubt beyond a shadow of doubt beyond the shadow of a doubt cast a shadow chromoshadow digital shadow enshadow eyeshadow eye shadow five o'clock shadow foreshadow foreshadowing in the shadow of job-shadow jump at one's own shadow live in the shadow of nonshadow outshadow preshadow rainshadow rain shadow saffron shadow dancer shadowable shadow account shadow accounting shadow acne shadowban shadow ban shadow-ban shadow band shadow bank shadow banker shadow banking shadow banking system shadow beni shadow blister effect shadowbox shadow-box shadow box shadowboxer shadow boxing shadowboxing shadow buffer shadow cabinet shadowcast shadowcasting shadow daddy shadow darner shadow dial shadow docket shadow DOM shadowdragon shadow drop shadower shadow factory shadowfilled shadow fleet shadow gazer shadow government shadowgram shadowgraph shadow grass shadow history shadowish shadow IT shadowland shadowless shadow library shadowlike shadow map shadow mapping shadow mask shadow matter shadow memory shadow minister shadow of one's former self shadow play shadow price shadow pronoun shadow puppet shadow puppetry shadow realm shadow real wage shadow ship shadow snake shadow social shadow-stalker shadow stitch shadow stock shadow-throwing shadow trade shadow trading shadow-vinnie bush shadow volume shadow war shadow witch shadow work shadowy shadow zone sideshadow sideshadowing sound shadow supershadow take the shadow for the substance valley of the shadow of death wind shadow without a shadow of a doubt beshadow overshadow unshadow
相关词
scoto-

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schadowe, schadewe, schadwe (also schade > shade), from Old English sċeaduwe, sċeadwe, oblique form of sċeadu (“shadow, shade; darkness; protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz (“shade, shadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness”). Doublet of shade.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots shedda (“shadow”), Saterland Frisian Skaad, Skade (“shade, shadow”), West Frisian skaad, skâd (“shade, shadow”), Central Franconian and Limburgish Schatte (“shadow”), Dutch schade, schaduw (“shadow”), German Schatten (“shade, shadow”), German Low German Scharr, Scharre (“shade, shadow”), Luxembourgish Schiet (“shade, shadow”), Vilamovian siota (“shadow”), Yiddish שאָטן (shotn, “shadow”), Faroese skadda (“thick wet mountain fog”), Icelandic skodda, skoddi (“shadow”), Norwegian Bokmål skodde (“fog, mist”), Norwegian Nynorsk skodde, skåddj, skåidd (“fog; ice fog”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus, “shadow”); also Breton skeud (“shadow; reflection; ghost”), Cornish skeus (“shadow; reflection”), Irish scáth (“shadow”), Manx scaa, skæ (“shield; shade, shadow”), Scottish Gaelic sgàth (“shade, shadow”), Latin obscurus (“dark, dusky, shadowy”), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness, gloom”) (whence English scoto-), Belarusian сівы́ (sivý, “grey”), Czech and Slovak sivý (“grey”), Macedonian осој (osoj, “shady place”), Polish siwy (“grey”), Russian си́вый (sívyj, “grey”), Serbo-Croatian сив, siv (“grey”), Slovene osoja (“shady place”), Ukrainian си́вий (sývyj, “grey”), Armenian սեաւ (seaw), սեւ (sew, “black”), Ossetian сау (saw, “black”), Persian سه (sah), سیه (siyah), سیاه (siyâh, “black”), Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “black”), श्याव (śyāva, “dark”).
词源 2
From Middle English schadowen, from Old English sċeadwian, from sċeadu (“shadow; shade”) + -ian (suffix forming verbs).
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