(a.) That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.
录入:罗兰
双语例句
As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
But I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre and was faded and yellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Everything bore the stamp of summer, and none of its beautiful colour had yet faded from the die. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Even this imperfect consciousness faded away at last, and he dreamed a long, troubled dream. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
But now these thoughts faded before the new born expectation. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Her visions of a brilliant marriage for Lily had faded after the first year. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
It was the blackness the bright fire leaves when its blaze is sunk, its warmth failed, and its glow faded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
In the faded wallpaper were dark patches where furniture had stood, where pictures had hung. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
It was a world of lost or faded beliefs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
But the old faith of the kings, owners, and rulers of the opening twentieth century had faded under the actinic light of scientific criticism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
I see the blots I threw upon it, faded away. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
The Grecian Zone extended from Caria to the Bosphorus, and followed the coast as far as Sinope on the Black Sea, where it gradually faded away. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Florence Scape, Fanny Scape, and their mother faded away to Boulogne, and will be heard of no more. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The irony faded from her eyes, and she bent a clouded face upon her friend. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
What he saw, meanwhile, with the help of the lamp, was the faded shadowy charm of a room unlike any room he had known. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
He has the faded appearance of a gentleman in embarrassed circumstances; even his light whiskers droop with something of a shabby air. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
You can see the color of his hair--faded, somewhat--by this thin shred that clings still to the temple. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
On the blank page at the beginning, to which I first turned, were traced some lines in faded ink. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Miss Havisham had settled down, I hardly knew how, upon the floor, among the faded bridal relics with which it was strewn. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
The light faded gently away, and Tom Smart fell back on his pillow, and dropped asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Many of the old operators, taken on out of good-nature, were poor exhibitors and worse accountants, and at last they and the machines with which they had been intrusted faded from sight. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
The beauties of the sunset had not faded from the long light films of cloud that lay at peace in the horizon. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
But the very brightness outside made the colours within seem poor and faded. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
The gaiety had faded from her eyes, and she said with great gentleness: Surely, Granny, we can persuade them between us to do as he wishes. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
Circumstances that were but a few days old faded back in my memory, as if they had happened months and months since. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
As the captive men were faded and haggard, so the iron was rusty, the stone was slimy, the wood was rotten, the air was faint, the light was dim. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
She received this with a look from which all tinge of resentment had faded. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
I take off my ring, I wear my worst clothes, I use no bear's grease, and I frequently lament over the late Miss Larkins's faded flower. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.