資料來源 : pyDict

褪色,消失,凋謝使褪色淡入,淡出平淡的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fade \Fade\a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly
   fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]
   Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] ``Passages that
   are somewhat fade.'' --Jeffrey.

         His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade
         and ludicrous.                           --De Quincey.

Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov.
   D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf.
   {Fade}, a., {Vade}.]
   1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay;
      to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

            The earth mourneth and fadeth away.   --Is. xxiv. 4.

   2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint
      in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. ``Flowers
      that never fade.'' --Milton.

   3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to
      vanish.

            The stars shall fade away.            --Addison

            He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. --Shak.

Fade \Fade\, v. t.
   To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear
   away.

         No winter could his laurels fade.        --Dryden.

資料來源 : WordNet®

fade
     n 1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed
          golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn: {slice},
           {slicing}]
     2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {disappearance}]

fade
     v 1: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear
          gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The
          tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [syn: {melt}]
     2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
        [syn: {wither}]
     3: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
        {evanesce}, {blow over}, {pass off}, {fleet}, {pass}]
     4: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
        the dungeon" [syn: {languish}]