English Dictionary

throw shade

動詞

(originally gay slang) To subtly insult someone. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, shade.

日本語の意味

さりげなく相手を侮辱する、陰でけなす / （元々ゲイ・スラングで、間接的に批判や皮肉を込めて攻撃する表現）

At the meeting she couldn't help but throw shade at her colleague's idea.

会議中、彼女は同僚の提案をさりげなくけなしてしまった。

意味（1）

(originally gay slang) To subtly insult someone.

To begin with, I need to make it clear to those who don’t know that the throwing-shade, dissin’, “reading” style that carried Miss Camille to fame was a persona she assembled after years of ethnographically studying the mannerisms of vernacular black culture, especially black gay sub-culture, and most especially the culture of the black queen.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, shade.

First we pick out an overhang which will throw shade most of this time, but at the same time will not cast too much shade during those hours which are not overheated.

throws shade （ present singular third-person ）

throwing shade （ participle present ）

threw shade （ past ）

thrown shade （ participle past ）