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adumbrate

/ad-uhm-breyt, a-duhm-breyt/US // ˈæd əmˌbreɪt, æˈdʌm breɪt //UK // (ˈædʌmˌbreɪt) //

润饰,润物细无声,润色,润饰的

Related Words

sketch简图,素描,草图,简述darken变黑,发黑,变黑了,变暗outline纲要,概要,纲举目张,概述intimate亲切,亲切的,亲近,亲近的mist迷雾,雾,水雾,雾气suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议portend预示着,预报,预告,预示indicate表示,显示,表明,指示foretell预示着,预示,预言augur蛟龙出海,蛟龙号,蛟龙,蛟龙出没obscure模糊不清,不明显,不明显的,无名小卒obfuscate混淆,混淆视听,混淆了,混淆不清bode烘托,烘烤,烘培,烘托出cloud云,云层,云雾,云端

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing.

    • : to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
    • : to foreshadow; prefigure.
    • : to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbforeshadow
Forms: adumbrates
Synonyms
augur蛟龙出海,蛟龙号,蛟龙,蛟龙出没bode烘托,烘烤,烘培,烘托出cloud云,云层,云雾,云端darken变黑,发黑,变黑了,变暗foretell预示着,预示,预言indicate表示,显示,表明,指示intimate亲切,亲切的,亲近,亲近的mist迷雾,雾,水雾,雾气obfuscate混淆,混淆视听,混淆了,混淆不清obscure模糊不清,不明显,不明显的,无名小卒outline纲要,概要,纲举目张,概述portend预示着,预报,预告,预示sketch简图,素描,草图,简述suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议

Examples

  • There had, in truth, scarcely yet been time enough to adumbrate the possibilities opened up by this gentleman's return.

  • Feeble is human speech to deal with such high matters, serving, at the best, but dimly to adumbrate ineffable truths.

  • From now onwards the speeches of Brutus strangely adumbrate those of Hamlet.

  • Two short passages adumbrate the coming Tennyson, the rest is mystic nonsense.

  • A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.

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