hatching
 陰影,影線
 Hatch v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.]
 1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
    Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.   --Chapman.
    Those hatching strokes of the pencil.   --Dryden.
 2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
    His weapon hatched in blood.   --Beau. & Fl.
 Hatch·ing, n.  A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.
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 hatching
      n 1: the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch]
      2: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch,
          crosshatch, hachure]