shadow
shadow 英 [ˈʃædəʊ] 美 [ˈʃædoʊ]
n. 阴影；影子；隐蔽处 v. 遮蔽；变阴暗，跟踪；盯梢
进行时:shadowing 过去式:shadowed 过去分词:shadowed 第三人称单数:shadows 名词复数:shadows
- A shadow is a dark shape that is formed when an object blocks a source of light. On a sunny day, practically everything casts a shadow — including you. Shadow can also act as an action, like when you shadow, or follow, someone on the first day at a new job.
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- n. 阴影；影子；隐蔽处
- v. 遮蔽；变阴暗，跟踪；盯梢
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1. The ship's sail cast a shadowon the water.
船帆在水面上投下一片影子。
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2. The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows.
孩子们追逐着彼此的影子，玩得很开心。
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3. He didn't want to cast a shadow on (= spoil)their happiness.
他不想给他们的幸福蒙上阴影。
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4. I thought I saw a figure standing in the shadows.
我好像看见阴暗处站着一个人。
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5. A shadow of a smile touched his mouth.
他嘴角透出一丝笑意。
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6. He was shadowed for a week by the secret police.
他被秘密警察盯梢了一个星期。
- shadow (n.) Old English sceadwe, sceaduwe "the effect of interception of sunlight, dark image cast by someone or something when interposed between an object and a source of light," oblique cases ("to the," "from the," "of the," "in the") of sceadu (see shade (n.)). Shadow is to shade (n.) as meadow is to mead (n.2). Similar formation in Old Saxon skado, Middle Dutch schaeduwe, Dutch schaduw, Old High German scato, German schatten, Gothic skadus "shadow, shade."
- shadow (v.) Middle English schadowen, Kentish ssedwi, from late Old English sceadwian "to protect as with covering wings" (also see overshadow), from the root of shadow (n.). Similar formation in Old Saxon skadoian, Dutch schaduwen, Old High German scatewen, German (über)schatten. From mid-14c. as "provide shade;" late 14c. as "cast a shadow over" (literal and figurative), from early 15c. as "darken" (in illustration, etc.). Meaning "to follow like a shadow" is from c. 1600 in an isolated instance; not attested again until 1872. Related: Shadowed; shadowing.
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