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

• Shadowy campaign committees would have to reveal who's funding their activities to the American people.
  影子竞选委员会必须披露他们对美国民众进行的一切活动的资金来源。
• 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。
• 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。
• They live in a shadowy, secret world, lacking the confidence to socialize.
  他们生活在一个阴暗、秘密的世界里，缺少与人交往的信心。
• Pickpockets have always been a shadowy feature of New York's streets.
  扒窃历来是纽约街头的一个阴暗面。
• She was startled by a sudden movement in the shadowy hallway.
  她被阴暗的走廊中突然的动作吓了一跳。
• I stood there in the dark shadowy forest that surrounded the old run down school.
  黑暗中，我站在阴影幢幢的树林里，这片树林围绕着一座破旧废弃的学校。
• 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。
• She stood in a shadowy corner of the banquet hall waiting for a chance to make trouble.
  她站在宴会厅里一个阴暗的角落中，等待着机会来制造麻烦。
• 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。