shadow
[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]
1. 在野党派的（内阁）
A British Member of Parliament who is a member of the shadow cabinet or who is a shadow cabinet minister belongs to the main opposition party and takes a special interest in matters which are the responsibility of a particular government minister.
双语例句
例：the shadow chancellor.
在野党派的财政大臣。
ADJ. 形容词
shadows
1. [C 可数名词] 影子 , 阴影
A shadow is a dark shape on a surface that is made when something stands between a light and the surface.
双语例句
例：An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool.
一棵橡树在一个小圆池塘上投下了它的影子。
例：Nothing would grow in the shadow of the grey wall.
没有任何东西会在那堵灰墙的背阴处生长。
2. [U 不可数名词] 背阴
Shadow is darkness in a place caused by something preventing light from reaching it.
近义词
双语例句
例：Most of the lake was in shadow.
那个湖的大部分都在背阴中。
3. [C 可数名词] 在野内阁成员
A British Member of Parliament who belongs to the main opposition party and takes a special interest in matters which are the responsibility of a particular government minister can be referred to as that minister's shadow.
双语例句
例：Clarke swung at his shadow the accusation that he was 'a tabloid politician'.
克拉克指责其在野对手为“煽情政客”。
NOUN. 名词
a shadow of a doubt , a shadow of doubt
1. 一丝怀疑
If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.
双语例句
例：It was without a shadow of a doubt the best we've played.
那毫无疑问是我们表现最出色的一次。
in the shadow of someone , in someone's shadow
1. 在某人的阴影下
If you live in the shadow of someone or in their shadow, their achievements and abilities are so great that you are not noticed or valued.
双语例句
例：He has always lived in the shadow of his brother.
他一直生活在他哥哥的阴影之下。
PHRASE. 习语
shadows , shadowing , shadowed
1. [T 及物动词] 遮住
If something shadows a thing or place, it covers it with a shadow.
双语例句
例：The hood shadowed her face.
风帽遮住了她的脸。
2. [T 及物动词] 尾随
If someone shadows you, they follow you very closely wherever you go.
近义词
双语例句
例：The president is constantly shadowed by bodyguards.
该总统一直有保镖紧随其后。
VERB. 动词
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