プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
かげ【影】
&fRoman1;
❶〔光〕light
月影
moonlight
星影
starlight
❷〔影法師〕a shadow
建物は舗道に影を落としていた
The shadow of the building lay across the pavement.
柵が芝生の上に影を投げかけていた
The fence cast [threw] its shadow over [on] the lawn.
障子に人の影が映った
Someone could be seen silhouetted against the shoji.
❸〔映像〕an image; a reflection
太鼓橋の影が池に映っていた
The arched bridge was reflected in the pond.／The pond reflected the image of the arched bridge.
❹〔姿〕a figure
逃げていく人の影が見えた
I saw (the figure of) a man running off.
&fRoman2;〔暗い面〕
死の影におびえる
tremble before the shadow [specter] of death
彼らの幸せな生活にも暗い影が忍び寄っていた
A dark shadow was beginning to creep over their happy life.
影が薄い
あの人は影が薄い
〔元気がない〕He looks emaciated.／〔存在が目立たない〕He does not have much of a presence.
最近，あいつは影が薄くなった
People don't pay him as much attention as they used to.／Recently his influence has been on the wane.
影がさす
うわさをすれば影がさす
((諺)) Speak of the devil (and he will appear).
影の形に添うよう
影の形にそうように彼のそばにはいつも夫人がいる
His wife is always by his side.／His wife sticks to him like his shadow.
影も形もない
戻ってきたら荷物が影も形もなくなっていた
When I returned, 「my luggage had disappeared [my luggage was nowhere to be seen].
影を潜める
最近では暴力事件が影を潜めている
There have not been any 「instances of violence [violent incidents] recently.
見る影もない
彼は見る影もなくやせ衰えていた
He was a mere shadow of his former self.
影の内閣
a shadow cabinet