SHADOW

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shadow I. substantiv

1. umbră (a unui om sau obiect) (şi fig.);

to cast a shadow a arunca o umbră;

the shadows of night umbrele nopţii.

2. întuneric, obscuritate;

to live in the shadow a trăi în umbră / în obscuritate.

3. (fig.) umbră, pic;

there is not a shadow of doubt nu e nici o umbră de îndoială.

4. (fig.) părere, lucru nereal, fantasmă; stafie, nălucă; fantomă;

to catch at shadows a umbla după potcoave de cai morţi;

he is a mere shadow of his former self n-a mai rămas decât o umbră din el.

5. (fig.) umbră, acolit.

6. agent secret.

7. (mar.) pânză uşoară folosită la vânt moderat.

shadow II. verb tranzitiv

1. (mai ales poetic) a umbri, a întuneca, a întrista.

2. a urmări pas cu pas, a fi la, a spiona.

3. to shadow forth / out a schiţa vag; a prevesti vag, a prefigura, a simboliza.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Both felt it, and for a minute looked at one another as if that invisible barrier cast a little shadow over them.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“The shadow has moved!” I cried.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“We must give the room a little time to clear. I take it, Watson, that you have no longer a shadow of a doubt as to how these tragedies were produced?”

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That is a black shadow to be following the girl,” said Steerforth, standing still; “what does it mean?”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

No answer came back from the silent shadows.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had made no noise: he had not eyes behind—could his shadow feel?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I think the feeling was common to us all, for I noticed that the others kept looking over their shoulders at every sound and every new shadow, just as I felt myself doing.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

It walked slowly across the lawn and vanished into the shadow upon the other side.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We approached the door; but suddenly a woman appeared out of the shadow and stood in the golden track of the lamp-light.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The regions still receive indirect sunlight, but if the temperature stays below about minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 151 degrees Celsius), the permanently shadowed area is a cold trap — a good place for water ice to accumulate and remain stable.

(Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate, NASA)

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