shadowy

英 [ˈʃædəʊi]

美 [ˈʃædoʊi]

adj.  阴暗的; 幽暗的; 阴影中的; 多阴的; 昏暗的; 朦胧的; 模糊的; 鲜为人知的; 神秘莫测的

比较级：shadowier　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9891 / COCA.9710

牛津词典

adj.

• 阴暗的；幽暗的；阴影中的；多阴的
  dark and full of shadows
  1. Someone was waiting in the shadowy doorway.
     有人守候在昏暗的门口。
• 昏暗的；朦胧的；模糊的
  difficult to see because there is not much light
  1. Shadowy figures approached them out of the fog.
     从雾中模模糊糊出来几个人影，向他们走去。
• 鲜为人知的；神秘莫测的
  that not much is known about
  1. the shadowy world of terrorism
     鲜为人知的恐怖主义世界

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 阴暗的;幽暗的;被阴影笼罩的
  Ashadowyplace is dark or full of shadows.
  1. I watched him from a shadowy corner.
     我躲在一个阴暗的角落里观察他。
  2. ...a broad, shadowy room.
     一间宽敞阴暗的房间
• ADJ-GRADED 昏暗的;模糊的;蒙的
  Ashadowyfigure or shape is someone or something that you can hardly see because they are in a dark place.
  1. ...a tall, shadowy figure silhouetted against the pale wall.
     灰白的墙上映出一个高大而模糊的人影
  2. ...the shadowy shape of a big barge loaded with logs.
     装满木材的巨大驳船的模糊轮廓
• ADJ 鲜为人知的;神秘莫测的
  You describe activities and people asshadowywhen very little is known about them.
  1. ...the shadowy world of spies.
     间谍的神秘世界
  2. ...a shadowy group calling itself the People's Army.
     一个自称为“人民军队”的神秘组织

双语例句

• The English king, arthur, is a somewhat shadowy figure who may not have even existed.
  英国国王亚瑟是一个扑朔迷离的人物，可能并没有存在过。
• Thugs, pickpockets and prostitutes lurked in the unlit alleys and shadowy streets.
  暴徒、小偷和娼妓鬼鬼祟祟地躲在没有灯光的小巷里和灰暗的大街上。
• For the moment he had forgotten the shadowy figure of goldstein.
  他一时忘记了果尔德施坦因的阴影。
• Yorke's shadowy side found sympathy and affinity in the whole of his wife's uniformly overcast nature.
  约克的阴暗一面，可在他妻子那整个始终如一的阴霾之天性上找到一致和相似之处。
• I walked between the tall shadowy buildings.
  我走在高高的阴森森的楼群中间。
• For too long, some European banks have provided cover for shadowy interests and opaque financial flows.
  某些欧洲银行为灰色利益和不透明的资金流动提供庇护的时间太长了。
• He nodded, a pleased look on his shadowy face.
  他点了点头，阴影遮没的脸上出现了笑容。
• I watched him from a shadowy corner.
  我躲在一个阴暗的角落里观察他。
• A shadowy figure went past in the darkness.
  一个模糊的身影从黑暗中闪过。
• Bigamy lightened the horizon of his shadowy thoughts for a moment.
  一时间，在他的思想中模模糊糊闪出了重婚这个念头。