adumbration
n. 轮廓, 预示, 阴影
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释义与例句
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1.
The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
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A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
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3.
A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
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A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
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The form of an object as seen by an observer.
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词汇关系
词源
From Latin adumbrātiō (“sketch; outline, silhouette; pretence, semblance”) + -ion (suffix indicating a condition or state). Adumbrātiō is derived from adumbrāre (present active infinitive of adumbrō (“to represent an object with light and shade, to shade; to represent in outline, to outline, silhouette, sketch; to cast a shadow on, overshadow, shade; to copy, counterfeit, imitate”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions). Adumbrō is derived from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’) + umbrō (“to cast a shadow, to shade; to overshadow”) (from umbra (“shade; shadow; ghost”)).
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