1781, from French nuance "slight difference, shade of color" (17c.), from nuer "to shade," from nue "cloud," from Gallo-Roman *nuba, from Latin nubes "a cloud, mist, vapor," from PIE *sneudh- "fog" (cognates: Avestan snaoda "clouds," Latin obnubere "to veil," Welsh nudd "fog," Greek nython, in Hesychius "dark, dusky"). According to Klein, a reference to "the different colors of the clouds."
nuance (v.)
1886, from nuance (n.). Related: Nuanced.
雙語例句
1. He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.
他認真地注視著她的臉，捕捉每一絲細微的表情變化。
來自《權威詞典》
2. We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.
我們用眼睛和面部表情幾乎就能傳達出情感上的每一絲微妙變化。
來自柯林斯例句
3. These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.
這些用戶會很快了解他們所使用程序的每一細微差別.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
4. I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.
我希望我不要變得這樣去思索一切瑣碎之事.
來自辭典例句
5. With the slightest perceptible nuance he opened the way for bribery.