fade

柯林斯词典

1. V-T/V-I When a coloured object fades or when the light fades it, it gradually becomes paler. 使褪色; 褪色
All colour fades – especially under the impact of direct sunlight. 所有顔色都會褪色–尤其是在直射陽光的影響下。
No matter how soft the light is, it still fades carpets and curtains in every room. 不論光線多麽柔和，它仍然會使每個房間的地毯和窗簾褪色。
2. fadedADJ 褪色的
...a girl in a faded dress. …一個穿褪色連衣裙的女孩。
3. V-I When light fades, it slowly becomes less bright. When a sound fades, it slowly becomes less loud. 逐漸變暗; 逐漸變弱
Seaton lay on his bed and gazed at the ceiling as the light faded. 西頓躺在牀上凝眡著天花板，那時光線逐漸變暗。
4. V-I If memories, feelings, or possibilities fade, they slowly become less intense or less strong. 逐漸變弱
Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade. 政府聲稱對造反者的同情在開始減弱。
Prospects for peace had already started to fade. 和平的前景已開始變得暗淡。

Many of these problems may simply fade into irrelevance when the new rules come into force .
My memory of childhood fades as time goes by.
Her worries about her job have faded into the background since she learned about her father's illness .
Hope is fading that the missing child is still alive .
As she drifted into sleep , the doctor's face began to blur and fade.