1.shade的基本意思是“遮蔽”,多指遮蔽光亮、炎热,也可指一物体处在另一物体的某一方位而使后者不显露出来; 还可指画阴影于图画上,以增加图画颜色的深度。
2.shade既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,意为“色调逐渐变化,产生细微差别”,常接介词into。

shade from(v.+prep.)
1.挡或遮(光或热) provide shelter for sb/sth from (usually heat or light)
▲shade sb/sth from sth
She raised her hand to shade her eyes from the sun.她抬起手遮在眼睛上方以挡住阳光。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The house is shaded from the midday heat by those tall trees.那些大树遮挡了这栋房子,使它不受中午太阳的暴晒。
2.从…变化 change gradually from (sth such a colour to sth else)
▲shade from sth
As the sun set, the sky shaded from blue to pink.太阳落下时,天空逐渐由蓝色变成粉红色。
The scarf shades from deep rose to pale pink.这条围巾的颜色由一边的深玫瑰色渐渐变为另一边的淡粉红色。

shade in(v.+adv.)
用铅笔为某图形描画阴影线 make lines with a pencil in a shape on a surface
▲shade in
Now that you've drawn the shape completely, start shading in carefully.你既然已画好图形,就仔细用铅笔描画阴影吧。
▲shade sth⇔in
“Shade it in here,”the teacher said.“在这儿加阴影,”老师说道。
If you shade in one side of your drawing, the shape will look solid.你如果在你的画的一侧描上阴影,那形状看上去就好像实体。

shade into(v.+prep.)
逐渐变为 gradually change
▲shade into sth
The blue shaded into grey.这种蓝色逐渐变成灰色了。
This is a question where right and wrong shade into one another.这是一个是与非混淆的问题。

shade with(v.+prep.)
用…遮盖 provide sb/sth with shelter from (heat or light by means of sth)
▲shade sth with sth
The doctor shaded my forehead with his hand.医生用手掩住我的前额。
If we build the house facing south, we ought to shade it with some tall trees.我们盖的房子如果朝南,就该有几棵大树为它遮光。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
A big hat shades the eyes.一顶大帽子遮住了眼睛。
She was trying to shade the face of the man in the picture.她正试图加深画中人面部的颜色。
A sullen look shaded his face.他因不快而沉下脸来。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
This seat is shaded by a tree.这个座位有一棵树遮阴。

shade, shadow
参见shadow条。

［同义词］ n.  blind, colour, cover, curtain, darkness, difference, hue, screen, silhouette v.  cloud, cover, darken, hide, protect
［词源］  ＜古英语sceadu(影子,暗,黑)

1.shade的基本意思是指阳光照不到的“阴凉处”,常跟定冠词the连用; 也可指照片、油画等的“阴影,阴暗部分”,用作不可数名词。
2.shade可指能带来阴凉或遮盖较强光线的事物,即“遮光物”,常与其他名词构成复合词; 也可作“色调,色彩的浓淡”解; 作“细微的差别”解,常与介词of连用,用作可数名词。
3.shade用在文学语言中,还可作“鬼魂,虚幻的事物”解,用作可数名词; 作“昏暗的暮色”解时,常用复数形式。

a shade
少量,些微 a small amount
〔说明〕 a shade可修饰形容词、副词的原级或比较级。
She feels a shade better than yesterday.她感觉比昨天好点。
I think it's a shade warmer than today.我觉得今天暖和一点。
That music is just a shade too loud.那音乐稍微太响了一点。
I was a shade embarrassed by their personal questions.他们所提的个人隐私问题让我有点尴尬。
That dress is a shade big for you.那件连衣裙你穿稍大一些。
I was asked to turn the radio down a shade.有人叫我调低一点收音机的音量。

in the shade
默默无闻 unknown to the public
The actress still remains in the shade.这位女演员仍然默默无闻。
How can we see a man's brilliant qualities if he is what we call in the shade?如果一个人像我所说的那样不露头角的话,我们又怎能知道他有卓越的才能呢?

put in the shade
〈非正〉使某人〔某事物〕相形失色 be very superior to sb/sth
▲put sb/sth in the shade
Their splendid present really put my poor little contribution in the shade.他们极为精美的礼物确实使得我的小小捐助相形见绌。

shades of
对某人〔某事物〕的联想 reminders of sb/sth
“Shades of Hilter!”I thought, as I listened to the dictator haranguing the crowd.那个独裁者向群众声嘶力竭地训话,我一听就想到,“真像个希特勒!”。
Shades of my old father!He would have agreed with all you've said.使人想起我的老父!他恐怕会同意你说的一切的。
In some modern fashions we can see shades of the 1930s.在有些摩登时装中可以看到30年代的影子。
Shades of school!We were all treated at the conference as if we were children.不禁使人回想起中学的情景!在会上我们被款待了一番,好像我们还是孩子呢。

The trees give some welcome shade from the sun.这些树遮住了阳光,很舒服凉快。
There are no trees to give shade.没有树木可以遮凉。
They were sitting in the shade of a tree.他们坐在树阴下。
Stay in the shade, it's cooler.呆在背阴处吧,那儿凉快些。
Some villagers were resting themselves in the shade.一些村民正在阴凉处休息。
There was no shade to be found in the desert.在沙漠中见不到一点背阴处。
There were some shade trees there.那儿原来有些遮阴的树。
A portrait looks lifeless with no light and shade.没有明暗色调的画像看上去是没有生气的。
The shades of the windows are not on sale here.这儿不卖窗帘。
She bought a large sun shade in the shop.她在那家商店买了一把大号女用伞。
The shades of evening had by this time come upon the quiet city.这时暮色已经笼罩着这个静悄悄的城市。
These two shades do not agree.这两个色调不协调。
There is not enough light and shade in your drawing.你这幅画的明暗度色调不够。
Do you like the blouse in this shade?你喜欢这种色调的女衬衫吗?
I wanted the same colour in a lighter shade.我要同一种稍微淡一点的颜色。
It was painted in various shades of blue.这幅画以浓淡不同的两种蓝色画成。
She wanted to see threads in all shades of red.她想看看各种深浅不同的红线。
There are delicate shades of meaning between the two words.这两词之间有细微差别。
There is only a shade of difference between the two candidates.这两位候选人之间差别甚微。
There are different shades of opinion within the party.党内意见有细微不同的差别。
There were many shades of opinions among the group of people.这群人有各种各样的意见。
There is only a shade of difference in colour, between these two pieces of silk.这两块绸料的颜色只有极小的差别。
He visited the underworld and met the shades of many heroes.他去地狱参观,碰到了许多英雄的鬼魂。

shade, shadow
shade和shadow用作名词都可表示“阴影”,但含义有所不同：shade表示“阴凉处”“树阴”,强调避热作用; 而shadow强调人或物在光照下形成的影像。例如:
It's hot, let's sit down in the shade of that tree.我觉得热,咱们坐在那棵树的树阴下吧。
He saw the shadow of a man in the window.他发现窗上有个人影。

1.呆在阴凉处更凉快。
［误］  It's cooler in a shade.
［正］  It's cooler in the shade.
［析］  shade表示“阴凉处”时,多与定冠词the连用,不与不定冠词a连用。
2.我们在树下睡了一觉。
［误］  We slept under the shade of the trees.
［正］  We slept in the shade of the trees.
［析］  shade的意思是“阴”,是一个立体的概念,也没有明确的轮廓,故应该用in而不改用under。