fade Идиома

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cross fader

fading switch to select the left or right turntable. Without it, scratching wouldn't sound too good

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fade

1. the hairdo (see high top fade)
2. to ignore, to erase, or to get rid of (kill)
3. term from from the dice-game craps, related to losing. The player rolling the dice must have someone to fade them (i.e. to put up money against the money they are gambling). If you are faded, you have lost

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high top fade

haircut high on the top, fading down to close cut on the sides:"Livin' in fear of my shade or my high top fade" -- Public Enemy (??? [??])

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fade away

become gradually fainter；disappear slowly；lose one's strength逐渐减弱；慢慢消失；衰弱
The sound of cheering faded away in the distance．欢呼声在远处渐渐消失了。
They watched the airplane fading away into the mist．他们看着飞机消失在云雾中。
She became ill and slowly faded away．她生了病，身体便慢慢地衰弱下去。
The old man is just fading away.那个老人的身体在渐渐衰弱。
2．retreat or vanish quietly 悄悄地离开 He faded away quietly and we never saw him again．他悄悄地溜掉了，我们再也没有看到他。
He is an expert at fading away away when he isn't needed．他很善于在不需要他的时候悄悄地走开。

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fade back|fade

v. To back away from the line before passing in football. The quarterback is fading back to pass.
Compare: DROP BACK.

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fade out

fade out
1) Gradually disappear or become inaudible; also, cause to disappear or become inaudible gradually. For example, He let the final chord fade out completely before he played the next movement. The antonym is fade in, “to appear gradually or become audible,” as in The images on the screen faded in until they could be seen clearly. These terms originated in the motion-picture and broadcasting industries, where they apply to images and sounds. [c. 1915]
2) Also, fade away. Quietly depart, as in “Florence Scape, Fanny Scape and their mother faded away to Boulogne” (William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 1848). [Mid-1800s]