Shadowname

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  A surname.

shadownoun詞源 1/ˈʃædəʊ̯/

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  A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

  • My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
  • The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.
• 2

  Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

  • I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
  • In secret shadow from the sunny ray, / On a sweet bed of lillies softly layd.
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  An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).

  • The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
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  obsoleteA reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

  • Some there be that ſhadowes kiſſe, / Such haue but a ſhadowes bliſſe.
  • […] some dead lake That holds the shadow of a lark ⁠Hung in the shadow of a heaven […]
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  That which looms as though a shadow.

  • Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  • I lived in her shadow my whole life.
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  A small degree; a shade.

  • He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
  • I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.
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  An imperfect and faint representation.

  • He came back from war the shadow of a man.
  • The neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago.
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  governmentlaw-enforcementA trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.

shadowadj詞源 1/ˈʃædəʊ̯/

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  Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.

  • The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.
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  Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

  • The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.
  • The illuminati shadow group has been pulling strings from behind the scenes.
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  governmentpoliticsPart of, or related to, the opposition in government.

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  governmentpoliticsActing in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

  • The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in.
  • The insurgents’ shadow government is being crippled by the federal military strikes.

shadowverb詞源 2/ˈʃædəʊ̯/

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  To shade, cloud, or darken.

  • The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.
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  To block light or radio transmission from.

  • Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
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  To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

  • Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.
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  To represent faintly and imperfectly.

  • Ah, ye admonitions and warnings! why stay ye not when ye come? But rather are ye predictions than warnings, ye shadows!
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  To hide; to conceal.

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  To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.

  • In most cases, interns have mainly observed, or “shadowed,” their Hands-On hosts, but some interns have been given real tasks to perform, […]
  • I know you haven’t run a training before, but Irving will be there to shadow. Just stick to the flowchart and escalate properly depending on dialectics. You’ll be fine.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsTo make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

  • In this snippet, inside the for loop the a and b variables shadow variables from the outer scope, and while legal, this is almost certainly a programming error.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsTo apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).