adumbrate
预示（ad+umbr影子+ate→[将来的]影子出现→预示）
释义2：
adumbrate
/ 5AdEm7breIt , E5dQm- /
◙ verb, [with obj.] 1. [formal] report or represent in outline• [正式] 简介，报告概要，展示轮廓 »Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state. 霍布豪斯已经简略地介绍了福利国家这一概念。 indicate faintly• 隐约显示 »the walls were only adumbrated by the meagre light. 几面墙只是在朦胧的光线下显示出轮廓来。 foreshadow or prefigure (a future event)• 预示（未来事件） »tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner. 中音声部庄严肃穆，预示着罪人的命运。 overshadow • 遮蔽，给…投下阴影，使…失色 »her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else. 她想起了其他的一些事，幸福的回忆也因而失色。【派生】
♦ adumbration noun♦ adumbrative adjective【语源】
1. late 16th cent.: from Latin adumbrat- 'shaded', from the verb adumbrare, from ad- 'to' (as an intensifier) + umbrare 'cast a shadow' (from umbra 'shade')
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