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She wore a severe black dress.
   她穿一件樸素的黑衣裙。

The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.
   男孩們在後院用舊木板蓋起一間小木屋。

I saw him sitting in the shade of a tree.
   我看見他坐在樹蔭下。

It is difficult to convey delicate shades of meaning in a translation.
   在譯文中傳達意義上精微的差別是很不容易的。

She looked a shade disappointed.
   她看上去有點失望。

shadiness of a deal
   交易的性質令人可疑

The scandal cast a shadow on his career.
   這件醜聞給他的事業投上了一層陰影。

There is not a shadow of doubt that the boy broke the window.
   毫無疑問窗子是那個男孩打破的。

It is customary to welcome a visitor with a shake.
   習慣上大家都握手迎接客人。

He finished the bottle of wine in a shake.
   他片刻功夫就把一瓶酒喝完了。

I got a much better shake than she did.
   我受到比她好得多的待遇。

Their independence was a sham.
   他們的獨立是一個騙局。

The meeting ended in a complete shambles.
   會議結束時混亂不堪。

It's a shame I haven't heard from you for years.
   真遺憾,我多年沒有收到你的信了。

He is a shameless liar.
   他是一個無恥的撒謊者。

Your hair is in such a fearful mess. Have you been shampooing it?
   你的頭髮髒亂得可怕。你洗頭了嗎?

His childhood was spent in a shanty.
   他的童年是在一個簡陋小屋裡度過的。

The sculptor worked the clay into the shape of a woman.
   雕刻家將泥土捏成一個婦女的形狀。

The writer's dreams find a shape in his novel.
   作者的理想在他的小說中得到體現。

In the darkness, I saw a shape tiptoeing out.
   在黑暗中,我看見有個身影悄悄走出去。