Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2006
shadow
跟踪；尾随；监视
To follow or watch someone secretly or discreetly, especially to keep them under surveillance.
- 1.
To shade, cloud, or darken.
遮蔽、笼罩或使变暗。
- 2.
To block light or radio transmission from.
阻挡光或无线电传输
- 3.
To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
秘密或谨慎地跟踪或监视
- 4.
To represent faintly and imperfectly.
模糊不清地表现
- 5.
To hide; to conceal.
隐藏；掩盖
- 6.
To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
跟随(专业人士)以学习职业
- 7.
To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
通过在同一范围内声明同名变量使其不可访问
- 8.
To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
对(ROM内容)应用影像处理
遮蔽；使变暗；跟随…见习；给…当见习生；隐藏；掩盖；遮挡；屏蔽（光线、信号）；隐约表现；模糊映现
In use
The detective shadowed the suspect for two days without being noticed.
The tall building shadowed the small park in the afternoon.
Her achievements shadowed those of her colleagues, making them feel inadequate.
Verb forms
base shadow · third person shadows · -ing shadowing · past shadowed · past participle shadowed
Connections
Collocations
- shadow a suspect
- 跟踪嫌疑犯
- The detective shadowed the suspect for two days before making the arrest.侦探跟踪了嫌疑犯两天后才实施逮捕。
- shadow a doctor
- 跟随医生见习
- She shadowed a doctor for a month before applying to medical school.她在申请医学院之前跟随一名医生见习了一个月。
- shadow one's face
- 遮住自己的脸
- He shadowed his face with his coat collar to avoid being recognized.他用衣领遮住脸，以免被人认出。
- shadow the valley
- 遮蔽山谷；使山谷变暗
- The high cliffs shadow the valley in the late afternoon.高高的悬崖在傍晚时分遮蔽了山谷。
- shadow the radio signal
- 阻挡无线电信号
- The building shadows the radio signal in that area.那座建筑阻挡了该地区的无线电信号。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
影子（shadow）总跟在人身后，故动词意为“跟踪、尾随”；影子遮光，又引申出“遮蔽、使变暗”。记住“影子”这两个动作即可。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：侦探/调查、文学/书面描写、职场见习 shadow作动词时，语体会因义项而不同：表示“暗中跟踪/监视”时多为中性，侦探、新闻或日常对话中都常用；表示“遮蔽、使变暗”时偏书面或文学；表示“跟随见习”时则较正式，常见于职场或教育语境。使用时应根据具体义项判断，不宜一概而论。
Grammar Note
及物动词，通常后接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都不与 shadow（/ˈʃædoʊ/）完全押韵：它们虽然拼写都以 -ow 结尾，但重读元音不同。window、follow、yellow、shallow、meadow 的 -ow 都读 /oʊ/，与 shadow 的末尾音一致；而 now 的 -ow 读 /aʊ/，是典型的拼写误导词。不要因为拼写把 shadow 读成 /ʃaʊ/。
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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