shading

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shad·ing /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ noun  1. [uncountable]AVP the areas of a drawing or painting that have been made to look darker 〔图画中〕较暗的部分2  shadings [plural]DIFFERENT slight differences 细微差别 He didn’t understand the subtle shadings of legal language. 他不理解法律语言中的细微差别。

Examples from the Corpus

shading• Within the austere collegial melody of science even the slightest emotional shading can have a suitably dramatic effect.• Light shading indicates where temperatures are below 195K and dark shading where temperatures are below 190K.• This is a deep blue fish with red shading on his fins.• His lower body is lime green with a rich shading of deep red across the upper half.• Counties with low population density have sparse shading while counties with high population density have dark shading.• This will minimise uneven shading in daylight, which is more noticeable on a plain carpet.

shad·ing nounChineseSyllable  

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shading
shad‧ing /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ noun
1. [uncountable] the areas of a drawing or painting that have been made to look darker
2. shadings [plural] slight differences:
    He didn’t understand the subtle shadings of legal language.

shad·ingBrE /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the use of colour, pencil lines, etc. to give an impression of light and shade in a picture or to emphasize areas of a map, diagram, etc. （绘画的）明暗处理；（地图、图表等中）颜色浓淡强调某些部分的运用shadings [plural] slight differences that exist between different aspects of the same thing （同一事物不同层面之间的）细微差别