fade
- IPA[fād]
美式
- gradually grow faint and disappear；lose or cause to lose color or brightness
- the process of becoming less bright；an act of causing a film or television picture to darken and disappear gradually
verb: fade, 3rd person present: fades, gerund or present participle: fading, past tense: faded, past participle: faded
noun: fade, plural noun: fades
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. gradually grow faint and disappear hopes of peace had faded 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ lose or cause to lose color or brightness his fair hair had faded to a dusty gray faded jeans 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a flower) lose freshness and wither. 同義詞
- ▪ (of a racehorse, runner, etc.) lose strength or drop back, especially after a promising start she faded near the finish
- ▪ (of a radio signal) gradually lose intensity the signal faded away
- ▪ (of a vehicle brake) become temporarily less efficient as a result of frictional heating the brakes faded, needing a firmer push to bring the car to halt
- 2. (with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot fade into scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains some shots have to be faded in
- ▪ (with reference to recorded sound) increase or decrease in volume or merge into another recording they let you edit the digital data, making it fade in and out fade up natural sound
- 3. (of the ball) deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), typically as a result of spin given to the ball the ball faded toward an area left of the green
- ▪ (of a golfer) cause (the ball) to deviate he had to fade the ball around a light pole
- 4. North American informal (in craps) match the bet of (another player) Lovejoy faded him for twenty-five cents
名詞
- 1. the process of becoming less bright the sun can cause color-fade
- ▪ an act of causing a film or television picture to darken and disappear gradually a fade to black would bring the sequence to a close
- 2. a shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), usually purposely when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade
- ▪ a pass thrown so that the ball descends directly over the receiver's shoulder, especially as they veer toward the sideline shortly after receiving the snap, he threw a fade to Crabtree he scores on a beautiful fade pass to the back of the end zone
- 3. a haircut in which the hair is left long on top of the head but cropped close to the sides and back with the length of hair gradually decreasing a fade is extremely versatile and can be adjusted to different hair types and lengths
