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.
双语例句
1. He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.
他认真地注视着她的脸，捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。
来自《权威词典》
2. We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.
我们用眼睛和面部表情几乎就能传达出情感上的每一丝微妙变化。
来自柯林斯例句
3. These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.
这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
4. I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.
我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事.
来自辞典例句
5. With the slightest perceptible nuance he opened the way for bribery.