核心畫面

Picture light being held back a little, so one area goes a step darker than the one beside it. On paper that step is what makes a circle into a ball. Follow the same idea outward and you get the other uses: many small steps between dark and light become many small differences between things that are nearly alike, and the thing standing between you and the sun - leaves, cloth, a roof - is what holds the light back in the first place.

可以想成光被擋掉一點點,讓某一塊比旁邊暗了一階。在紙上,這一階就是讓圓變成球的關鍵。順著同一個想法往外走,其他用法就更多收起可以想成光被擋掉一點點,讓某一塊比旁邊暗了一階。在紙上,這一階就是讓圓變成球的關鍵。順著同一個想法往外走,其他用法就跟著出現了。暗到亮之間有很多階,這些階搬到抽象的東西上,就成了「幾乎一樣的東西之間那一點差別」。而一開始把光擋下來的那樣東西——樹葉、布、屋頂——在比較舊的英文裡也可以叫 shading。

Three branches

紙上的暗部

這是畫面本身:畫家把某一塊壓暗,形狀就從平面上站起來。

noun · B2

The parts of a drawing or painting that have been made darker, which give the picture its sense of light and shape.

明暗;陰影處理

層與層之間的小差距

暗到亮不是一步跳過去的,中間有很多階。把這些階從畫面搬到意思和感覺上,就是這一家。

noun · C1

Small differences between things that are close to each other in meaning, colour or feeling.

細微的差別

把光擋下來的東西

這一家往回走一步:不是被擋出來的暗,而是那個負責擋的東西。

noun · C1

Something that gives shade, such as leaves, cloth or a roof that keeps the sun off.

遮蔭的東西

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

shadingnoun

  • 1

    The act or result of something being shaded.

    • the delicate shadings of colour in the painted sunset
  • 2

    Something providing shade.

    • We placed ourselves on a rustic bench under the shading of a fine old elm; ...

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。