adumbrate
vt.画轮廓,预示
难易程度:
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