fade是什麽意思

fade

英 [feɪd] 美 [fed]

1. 已經廢了 => 枯萎、失去光澤。

fade 變暗

可能來自拉丁語fatuus, 無味的，愚笨的，詞源同fatuous. 原用於食物清淡無味，後用於光線逐漸變暗。

fade: fade: [14] Fade comes from Old French fader, a derivative of the adjective fade ‘faded, vapid’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, which probably represents an alteration of Latin fatuus ‘stupid, insipid’ (source of English fatuous [17]) under the influence of Latin vapidus ‘flat, lifeless’ (source of English vapid).
=> fatuous, vapid
fade (v.): early 14c., "lose brightness, grow pale," from Old French fader "become weak, wilt, wither," from fade (adj.) "pale, weak; insipid, tasteless" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, which is said to be a blending of Latin fatuus "silly, tasteless" and vapidus "flat, flavorless." Related: Faded; fading. Of sounds, by 1819. Transitive sense from 1590s; in cinematography from 1918.
Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades
Past the near meadows, over the still stream,
Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep
In the next valley-glades:
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:--Do I wake or sleep?

[Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale"]
fade (n.): early 14c., "loss of freshness or vigor," from fade (adj.), c. 1300, " lacking in brilliance; pale, discolored, dull," from Old French fade (see fade (v.)). As a type of tapering hairstyle from 1988 (fade-out style is in a 1985 "Ebony" article on men's haircuts).

1. Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade.: 政府宣稱，對叛亂分子的同情開始消退。

2. He thought her campaign would probably fade out soon in any case.: 他認為不管怎樣，她的競選活動都可能會很快歸於沉寂。