overshadow

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vt. 遮阴, 使阴暗, 使失色, 使相形见绌, 使蒙上阴影

发音

UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/
US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/
AU

词形变化

overshadowed overshadowest overshadoweth overshadowing overshadows 三单 overshadows overshadowing 现在分词 overshadowed 过去式 overshadowed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使失色；使阴暗；遮阴；夺去…的光彩

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To obscure something by casting a shadow.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.

    使黯然失色

    使相形见绌

    及物
  3. 3.

    To shelter or protect.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

shadow dwarf eclipse dominate

上位词 10

command cloud fog mist dominate obscure overlook hover brood loom

下位词 2

eclipse occult

词源

From Middle English overschadwen, overschadewe, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- + shadow. Compare with West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”), and more distantly, Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”).

来源：wiktionary