Word · Frequency #3205
shade
遮蔽；遮挡光线
to shield someone or something from light
- 1.
To shield (someone or something) from light.
遮挡(某人或某物)免受光线
- 2.
To alter slightly.
稍作改变
- 3.
To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
稍微改变或接近某物,尤其是颜色
- 4.
To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
稍微移动守备位置
- 5.
To darken, particularly in drawing.
加深(绘画中)
- 6.
To win by a narrow margin.
险胜
- 7.
To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
最小化窗口至标题栏
给…画阴影；使变暗；微调；使（颜色）渐变；险胜；微调防守位置；将窗口卷起，只显示标题栏
In use
She shaded her eyes with her hand to block the sun.
The artist carefully shaded the drawing to create depth.
The tall trees shade the house from the afternoon heat.
Verb forms
base shade · third person shades · -ing shading · past shaded · past participle shaded
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- shade your eyes
- 用手或物体遮住眼睛（以挡光）
- She shaded her eyes to see who was calling.她遮住眼睛，想看看是谁在叫喊。
- shade a plant from the sun
- 为植物遮荫，使其免受日晒
- You should shade the seedlings from the strong afternoon sun.你应该为幼苗遮挡午后强烈的阳光。
- shade in
- 用铅笔等给……涂上阴影；加深（画面）
- He shaded in the background with a pencil.他用铅笔给背景涂上了阴影。
- shade into
- 逐渐变为；渐渐接近（另一颜色或状态）
- At the edges, the blue shades into green.在边缘处，蓝色逐渐变成了绿色。
- shade the window
- 为窗户遮光；遮挡窗户
- Tall trees shade the window from the morning light.高大的树木遮挡窗户，挡住早晨的光线。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 shade 想成树荫投下的影子：遮挡光线、给画加阴影都是它。字母 a 像一片斜斜的荫影。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常遮挡阳光、绘画中加深阴影、体育中微调防守位置、电脑窗口中最小化显示 shade 作动词时语域较混合，多用于日常遮光、绘画、体育和电脑操作等场景，整体偏中性；具体含义常需根据搭配和上下文判断。
Grammar Note
及物：遮蔽；不及物：渐变（常与 into 连用）
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 shade 押韵的词有 made、fade、grade、trade、paid，它们都以 /eɪd/ 音结尾。注意 paid 虽拼作 -aid，发音仍为 /peɪd/。要小心 shadow：它虽以相同拼写 'shad' 开头，但读作 /ˈʃædoʊ/，中间的 a 发短音，和 shade 的 /eɪ/ 不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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