单词 | adumbrate |
释义 | adumbrate —adumbration, n. /a dum"brayt, ad"euhm brayt'/, v.t., adumbrated, adumbrating. 1. to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch. 2. to foreshadow; prefigure. 3. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow. [1575-85; < L adumbratus shaded (ptp. of adumbrare), equiv. to ad- AD- + umbr(a) shade, shadow + -atus -ATE1] |
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