nuance, nuance of a cloud's shadow, nuance of a cloud's shadowから派生。
英語の語源
nuance (n.)
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.
例文
1. He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.
彼は彼女の顔を真剣に見つめ、些細な表情の変化を捉えている。
2.We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.
私たちは目と顔の表情で感情の微妙な変化をほとんど伝えることができます。
3.These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.
これらのユーザーは、使用するプログラムのわずかな違いをすぐに理解することができます。
4.I wish I hadn 't become so conscious of every little nuance .
このように些細なことを考えないでほしい。
5.With the slightest perceptible nuance he opened the way for bribery.