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Shadowy describes a place that is dark and full of shadows, so it is hard to see clearly — like a shadowy alley or a shadowy corner of a room. It is also used about people or organizations to mean secretive and hard to know much about, like 'a shadowy figure' or 'a shadowy government group.'
陰暗的、有陰影的；（比喻）神秘難以捉摸的
組成shadow (影子) + -y (形容詞字尾，表示「帶有…性質的」)
同家族的字
- shadowshadowy 就是「充滿 shadow（影子）」的樣子
原始詞典資料4 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。
shadowyadj/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/
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In shadow; darkened by shadows.
- He sat in a shadowy corner.
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Dark, obscure.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
- By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.
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Vague, dim, unclear, faint.
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datedrareIndulging in fancies; daydreaming.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。