shadow Значение & определение

Значение на shadow на български

• 0 an area of darkness, caused by light being blocked by something:

  • The children were playing, jumping on each other's shadows.

  • Jamie followed his mother around all day like a shadow.

  • The sun shone through the leaves, casting/throwing shadows on the lawn.

  • This corner of the room is always in shadow (= slight darkness).

  • Someone jumped out of the shadows and grabbed my handbag.

  • She put on some make-up to cover the dark shadows under her eyes.

  • His workshop was in the shadow of the great church of San Paolo Maggiore.

  • We are all living under the shadow of war.

• 1 a small amount:

  • It is a tragic story, but there is a shadow of hope.

  • There isn't a shadow of doubt that you've made the right decision.

  • This is without a shadow of a doubt the best movie I've seen all year.

• 2 someone who follows another person everywhere:

  • "I think we have a shadow on our tail," muttered the detective.

  • Ever since he was able to walk, Stephen has been his older brother's shadow (= has followed him and copied his actions).

• 3 to follow closely:

  • The police think that the robbers shadowed their victims for days before the crime.

  • The euro has closely shadowed the dollar.

  • Your first week in the job will be spent shadowing one of our more experienced employees.

• 4 to produce a shadow:

  • We came across a glade shadowed by large trees.

• 5 to make a person unhappy or to make their life less happy:

  • Mental illness had shadowed him for more than a decade.

• 6 used in the title of important politicians in the main opposition party (= the party not in government):

  • the Shadow Foreign Secretary

  • the Shadow Cabinet

• 7 an area of darkness caused when light is blocked by something, usually in a shape similar to the object that is blocking the light:

  • [ C ] Chloë kept jumping on Tyler’s shadow.

  • [ U ] This corner of the room is always in shadow.

  • [ C ] He was standing in the shadows (= a dark area).

• 8 a small amount:

  • He saw a shadow of malice in her dark eyes.

  • Are you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt?

• 9 to follow someone closely:

  • Matsuoka was shadowed by a security officer.

• 10 to spend time with someone who is doing a particular job so that you can learn how to do it:

  • All trainees are expected to spend a week shadowing an experienced manager.

• 11 to behave in the same way or move in the same direction as something else:

  • The cost of goods and services will shadow the recent rise in oil prices.

• 12 in the UK, used to describe a leading member of Parliament whose party is not in power but who would be part of the cabinet (= people who are in charge of a department and make the main decisions) if their party were in power:

  • the shadow Foreign Secretary