英语词汇“adumbrate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To adumbrate something is to outline it. In an English essay, you could adumbrate the themes in a novel; or, in a letter to Santa, you could adumbrate all the ways you have been behaving.

Adumbrate is built on the Latin root umbra, "shade," and the image it evokes is of a shadow being cast around something. Your outline is like a shadow of something bigger — like the themes in that novel or the ways you have been behaving. You can also use adumbrate to mean "foreshadow": "The scene where the princess dreams of the vampire adumbrates her later discovery that her little brother is, in fact, a vampire."

WORD FAMILY

adumbrate: adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating, adumbration, adumbrative+/adumbration: adumbrations/adumbrative: adumbratively

USAGE EXAMPLES

But while lauding the rights and privileges of the Americans he observed, Tocqueville also adumbrated the responsibilities that came with being an American citizen.

Time(Nov 02, 2016)

More than any juice cleanse or lottery win or career switch, a foreign language adumbrates a vision of a parallel life.

The New Yorker(Aug 01, 2016)

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian But as soon as you adumbrate thus, you are beset with misgivings.

The Guardian(Apr 19, 2016)

1v describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

outline, sketch

block out

indicate roughly

depict, describe, draw

give a description of

2v give to understand

Syn|Hyper

insinuate, intimate

hint, suggest

drop a hint; intimate by a hint

单词	adumbrate
释义	adumbrate (once / 20994 pages) v To adumbrate something is to outline it. In an English essay, you could adumbrate the themes in a novel; or, in a letter to Santa, you could adumbrate all the ways you have been behaving. Adumbrate is built on the Latin root umbra, "shade," and the image it evokes is of a shadow being cast around something. Your outline is like a shadow of something bigger — like the themes in that novel or the ways you have been behaving. You can also use adumbrate to mean "foreshadow": "The scene where the princess dreams of the vampire adumbrates her later discovery that her little brother is, in fact, a vampire." WORD FAMILY adumbrate: adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating, adumbration, adumbrative+/adumbration: adumbrations/adumbrative: adumbratively USAGE EXAMPLES But while lauding the rights and privileges of the Americans he observed, Tocqueville also adumbrated the responsibilities that came with being an American citizen. Time(Nov 02, 2016) More than any juice cleanse or lottery win or career switch, a foreign language adumbrates a vision of a parallel life. The New Yorker(Aug 01, 2016) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian But as soon as you adumbrate thus, you are beset with misgivings. The Guardian(Apr 19, 2016) 1v describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper outline, sketch block out indicate roughly depict, describe, draw give a description of 2v give to understand Syn\|Hyper insinuate, intimate hint, suggest drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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