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overshadow 音标拼音: ['ovɚʃ'ædo] vt. 遮阴,使阴暗,使失色 遮阴,使阴暗,使失色 overshadow v 1: be greater in significance than; " the tragedy overshadowed the couple' s happiness" [ synonym: { overshadow}, { dominate}, { eclipse}] 2: make appear small by comparison; " This year' s debt dwarfs that of last year" [ synonym: { shadow}, { overshadow}, { dwarf}] 3: cast a shadow upon; " The tall tree overshadowed the house" Overshadow \ O` ver* shad" ow\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Overshadowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Overshadowing}. ] [ Cf. { Overshade}. ] 1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. [ 1913 Webster] There was a cloud that overshadowed them. -- Mark ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 3. To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival. [ PJC] 82 Moby Thesaurus words for " overshadow": adumbrate, becloud, bedarken, bedim, befog, begloom, bemist, bestraddle, bestride, black, black out, blacken, blight, block the light, blot out, brown, cast a shadow, clabber up, clear, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, command, cover, curtain, darken, darken over, dim, dim out, diminish, dominate, draw the curtains, dwarf, eclipse, encloud, encompass with shadow, enmist, excel, extinguish, fake out, fog, gloom, haze, impair, look down upon, mar, minimize, mist, murk, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, obumbrate, occult, occultate, outshine, outtop, overarch, overcast, overcloud, overlook, oversmoke, overtop, put down, put to shame, rise above, ruin, screen, shade, shadow, show up, shutter, smog, smoke, somber, spoil, surmount, top, tower above, tower over, veil
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