obumbrate

vt.使变暗,遮暗,遮蔽

发音

UK /ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/
UK /əˈbʌmbreɪt/
US /ɑˈbəmˌbreɪt/
US /əˈbəmˌbreɪt/

词形变化

obumbrate obumbrated obumbrates 三单 obumbrates obumbrating obumbrating 现在分词 obumbrated 过去式 obumbrated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To shade; to darken; to cloud.

    罕用
  2. 2.

    To foreshadow, prefigure.

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    past participle of obumbrate

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.

    罕用 生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    Overshadowed, darkened.

    苏格兰 废旧

词源

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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