adumbrate
adumbrate
[ˈadʌmbreɪt]
verb
[with obj.]
adumbration
noun
adumbrative
adjective
语源
[ˈadʌmbreɪt]
verb
[with obj.]
- (formal)report or represent in outline
(正式)简介，报告概要，展示轮廓
Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state.
霍布豪斯已经简略地介绍了福利国家这一概念。
■indicate faintly
隐约显示
the walls were only adumbrated by the meagre light.
几面墙只是在朦胧的光线下显示出轮廓来。
■foreshadow or prefigure (a future event)
预示（未来事件）
tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner.
中音声部庄严肃穆，预示着罪人的命运。
■overshadow
遮蔽，给…投下阴影，使…失色
her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else.
她想起了其他的一些事，幸福的回忆也因而失色。
adumbration
noun
adumbrative
adjective
语源
- late 16th cent.: from Latin adumbrat- 'shaded', from the verb adumbrare, from ad- 'to' (as an intensifier) + umbrare 'cast a shadow' (from umbra 'shade')
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