及物动词

名词

1. 影子
A shadow is a dark shape on a surface that is made when something stands between a light and the surface.

2. 阴影;背光处;阴暗处
Shadow is darkness in a place caused by something preventing light from reaching it.

3. 在…上投下阴影;遮蔽
If something shadows a thing or place, it covers it with a shadow.

4. 跟踪;尾随;盯梢
If someone shadows you, they follow you very closely wherever you go.

5. (英国在野党的)影子内阁的
A British Member of Parliament who is a member of the shadow cabinet or who is a shadow cabinet minister belongs to the main opposition party and takes a special interest in matters which are the responsibility of a particular government minister.

6. 毫无疑问;千真万确
If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.

7. 在…的阴影之下;在…的光环下（显得逊色)
If you live in the shadow of someone or in their shadow, their achievements and abilities are so great that you are not noticed or valued.

8. 大不如从前;不及当年
If you say that someone is a shadow of their former self, you mean that they are much less strong or capable than they used to be.

1. refuge from danger or observation

e.g. he felt secure in his father's shadow

2. something existing in perception only

e.g. a ghostly apparition at midnight

Synonym: apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmafantasm

3. an indication that something has been present

e.g. there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
a tincture of condescension

Synonym: tracevestigetincture

4. a premonition of something adverse

e.g. a shadow over his happiness

5. an unilluminated area

e.g. he moved off into the darkness

Synonym: darknessdark

6. an inseparable companion

e.g. the poor child was his mother's shadow

7. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

Synonym: tailshadower

8. a dominating and pervasive presence

e.g. he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father

9. shade within clear boundaries