shade
英 [ʃeɪd]
美[ʃed]
	    - n. 树荫;阴影;阴凉处;遮阳物;(照片等的)明暗度;少量、些微;细微的差别
 - vt. 使阴暗;使渐变;为…遮阳;使阴郁;掩盖
 - vi. (颜色、色彩等)渐变
 - n. (Shade)人名;(英、德)谢德
 
英英释意
- 1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body;
 - "it is much cooler in the shade"
 - "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"
 
- 2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
 - "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
 
- 3. protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight;
 - "they used umbrellas as shades"
 - "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"
 
- 4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
 - "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"
 - "don't argue about shades of meaning"
 
- 5. a position of relative inferiority;
 - "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"
 - "his brother's success left him in the shade"
 
- 6. a slight amount or degree of difference;
 - "a tad too expensive"
 - "not a tad of difference"
 - "the new model is a shade better than the old one"
 
- 7. a mental representation of some haunting experience;
 - "he looked like he had seen a ghost"
 - "it aroused specters from his past"
 
- 8. a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)