shade1/ʃed; ʃeId/n 1 [U] an area that is cooler because the light of the sun cannot reach it 荫﹐背阴处﹐阴凉处: a plant that needs shade 需要阴凉的植物in the shade Let's find a table in the shade. 我们找一张背阴处的桌子吧。see box at见 SHADOW1 方框2 [C] something used for reducing or keeping out light 遮光物﹔灯罩: a lamp shade 灯罩3 [C] a particular type of a colour 色调﹔颜色深浅: +of a room painted in shades of blue 漆成各种蓝色调的房间4 shades [plural 复数] informal SUNGLASSES 【非正式】 墨镜﹐太阳镜5 a shade very slightly 稍微﹐些微: The jacket was a shade too small. 这件夹克衫稍稍小了一些。a shade under/over/higher etc It weighed a shade over 5 kg. 它重五公斤多一点。6 shade of meaning/opinion etc a meaning or opinion that is slightly different from others 有细微差别的含义/观点等: All shades of opinion are represented. 提出了各种不同的意见。7 put sb/sth in the shadeinformal to be much better than someone or something else【非正式】使某人/某事物黯然失色﹐使某人/某事物相形见绌
shade2v [T] to protect something from light 为…挡光﹐荫蔽: She lifted her hand to shade her eyes. 她抬起手给眼睛遮挡阳光。a courtyard shaded by trees 被树丛荫蔽的一座庭院