gradate

英 [grə'deɪt] 美 ['greɪdeɪt]

• v. （使）逐渐变化；（使）显出层次

英英释义

Verb:

1. arrange according to grades;

   "These lines are gradated"
   

2. pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another;

   "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it"
   

经典引文

• Take the two extreme tints and carefully gradate the one into the other.

  出自： J. Ruskin