shadowy

英 ['ʃædəʊɪ] 美['ʃædoi]
  • adj. 朦胧的;有阴影的;虚无的;暗黑的

英文词源


shadowy (adj.)
late 14c., shadewy, "full of shadows," also "transitory, fleeting, unreal;" see shadow (n.) + -y (2). From 1797 as "faintly perceptible." Related: Shadowiness. Old English had sceadwig "shady."

双语例句


1. We have been looking at the shadowy world of the paranormal.
我们一直在关注玄奇事物这一神秘世界。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I watched him from a shadowy corner.
我躲在一个阴暗的角落里观察他。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Someone was waiting in the shadowy doorway.
有人守候在昏暗的门口。

来自《权威词典》

4. They crouched together on a shadowy hillside.
他们蹲在多荫的山坡上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. She saw a shadowy figure through the blind.
她透过帘子看到一个模糊的身影.

来自《简明英汉词典》