單詞
adumbration
[,?d?m'bre??n]
基本信息
- n. 輪廓；預示
助記提示
1、ad- "to" + umbr- + -ation.
2、含義：represent (a thing) in outline, shadowed in outline, cast a shadow.
2、含義：represent (a thing) in outline, shadowed in outline, cast a shadow.
英文詞源
- adumbration (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin adumbrationem (nominative adumbratio) "a sketch in shadow, sketch, outline," noun of action from past participle stem of adumbrare "to cast a shadow, overshadow, represent (a thing) in outline," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + umbrare "to cast in shadow," from PIE *andho- "blind, dark" (see umbrage).
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