• n. 樹蔭；陰影；陰涼處；遮陽物；（照片等的）明暗度；少量、些微；細(xì)微的差別
• vt. 使陰暗；使?jié)u變；為…遮陽；使陰郁；掩蓋
• vi. （顏色、色彩等）漸變
• n. (Shade)人名；(英、德)謝德

來自古英語 scead,遮蓋，樹陰，來自 Proto-Germanic*skadwaz,遮蓋，來自 PIE*skot,遮蓋，掩 蓋，黑暗，可能來自 PIE*skeu,隱藏，遮蓋，詞源同 shoe,hide.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

shade

shade: [OE] Shade and shadow [12] are ultimately the same word. Both originated in Old English sceadu. Shade is the direct descendant of this, whereas shadow comes from its inflected form sceaduwe. Sceadu itself went back via prehistoric Germanic *skathwō (source also of German schatten and Dutch schaduw) to Indo- European *skotwá (whence also Greek skótos ‘darkness’ and Welsh cysgod ‘shade’). Shed ‘hut’ probably originated as a variant of shade.
=> shadow, shed

shade (n.)

Middle English schade, Kentish ssed, from late Old English scead "partial darkness; shelter, protection," also partly from sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness; shady place, arbor, protection from glare or heat," both from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (cognates: Old Saxon skado, Middle Dutch scade, Dutch schaduw, Old High German scato, German Schatten, Gothic skadus), from PIE *skot-wo-, from root *skot- "dark, shade" (cognates: Greek skotos "darkness, gloom," Albanian kot "darkness," Old Irish scath, Old Welsh scod, Breton squeut "darkness," Gaelic sgath "shade, shadow, shelter").

Figurative use in reference to comparative obscurity is from 1640s. Meaning "a ghost" is from 1610s; dramatic (or mock-dramatic) expression "shades of _____" to invoke or acknowledge a memory is from 1818, from the "ghost" sense. Meaning "lamp cover" is from 1780. Sense of "window blind" first recorded 1845. Meaning "cover to protect the eyes" is from 1801. Meaning "grade of color" first recorded 1680s; that of "degree or gradiation of darkness in a color" is from 1680s (compare nuance, from French nue "cloud"). Meaning "small amount or degree" is from 1782.

shade (v.)

c. 1400, "to screen from light or heat," from shade (n.). From 1520s as "to cast a shadow over;" figurative use in this sense from 1580s. Sense in painting and drawing is from 1797. In reference to colors, 1819. Related: Shaded; shading.

1. His writing benefits from the shade of Lincoln hovering over his shoulder.

他的寫作得益于他感到已故的林肯一直在他身后激勵(lì)著他。

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2. In the mornings the sky appeared a heavy shade of mottled gray.

清晨，天空呈現(xiàn)出斑駁的深灰色。

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3. The temperature soared to above 100 degrees in the shade.

陰涼處的溫度驟升至100多度。

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4. The only shade was under the body of the plane.

唯一的陰涼處是飛機(jī)機(jī)身下面。

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5. Umbrellas shade outdoor cafes along winding cobblestone streets.

在曲折蜿蜒的鵝卵石街道的兩邊，一把把陽傘為露天咖啡館遮陰擋陽。

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