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adumbrate

vt.画轮廓,预示

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adumbrate为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:adumbratively 形容词:adumbrative 名词:adumbration 动词过去式:adumbrated 过去分词:adumbrated 现在分词:adumbrating 第三人称单数:adumbrates

词根

umbr=shadow(阴影)

近义词, 同义词

adumbrate


/'ædʌmbreɪt; æd`ʌmbret/
v [Tn] (fml 文)
1 indicate (sth) faintly or in outline 略微地或概括地暗示(某事物).
2 suggest (esp a coming event) in advance; foreshadow 预示, 预告(尤指即将发生的事);预兆.

adumbrate


v [T]
formal to suggest or describe something in an incomplete way