fade
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fade | |
| he / she / it fades | |
| past simple faded | |
| past participle faded | |
| -ing form fading |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become or to make something become paler or less bright （使）变淡，变暗 - [intransitive]
to disappear gradually 逐渐消逝；逐渐消失 Her smile faded. 她的笑容逐渐消失。 - fade away
Hopes of reaching an agreement seem to be fading away. 达成协议的希望看来已逐渐渺茫。 The laughter faded away. 笑声逐渐消逝。 - fade from something
The smile faded from his face. 他脸上的笑容逐渐消失了。 - fade to/into something
His voice faded to a whisper (= gradually became quieter). 他的声音越来越小，变成了耳语。 All other issues fade into insignificance compared with the struggle for survival. 与挣扎求存相比，所有其他问题都显得不重要了。 Summer was fading into autumn. 夏天渐渐变成了秋天。
Extra ExamplesTheir voices faded into the distance. 他们的声音消失在远处。 It was impossible for her to fade quietly into the background. 要她悄无声息地消失于幕后是不可能的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- seem to
- from
- into
- [intransitive]
if a sports player, team, actor, etc. fades, they stop playing or performing as well as they did before （运动员、运动队、演员等）走下坡路，衰退，衰落
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘grow weak’): from Old French fader, from fade ‘dull, insipid’, probably based on a blend of Latin fatuus ‘silly, insipid’ and vapidus ‘vapid’.
Idioms
be fading fast
to be disappearing quickly 逐渐消逝；逐渐消失 Hopes of a peace settlement were fading fast. 和平解决的希望正在迅速破灭。
blend/fade into the woodwork
- (informal)
to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide 默默无闻；销声匿迹；蛰伏