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penumbra

/pi-nuhm-bruh/US // pɪˈnʌm brə //UK // (pɪˈnʌmbrə) //

半身像,半影,半边天,半身人

Related Words

shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾dark黑,黑黑的,暗色,暗gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗obscurity隐蔽性,隐晦性,隐晦,晦涩难懂shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽darkness黑暗,黑暗世界,阴暗面,黑暗中dusk傍晚时分,黄昏时分,黄昏,傍晚时份screen筛选,屏幕,屏风,筛查cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖shadiness阴暗面,遮蔽性,遮盖性,阴暗umbrage嗯哼,嗯,呒呒,呒呒呒blackness漆黑一片,漆黑,黑暗,黑色coolness清凉,清凉性,清凉度,清凉之气umbra本体,本影,本色,全景semidarkness半昏迷状态,半暗,半昏暗,半昏迷gloominess忧郁症,阴郁,忧郁,悲观主义adumbration鸣金收兵,鸣锣开道,鸣谢,鸣笛shelter庇护所,避难所,遮蔽处,遮蔽物protection保护,保护措施,保护工作,保护作用dimness昏暗,亮度,黯淡无光,昏暗度

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pe·num·brae [pi-nuhm-bree], /pɪˈnʌm bri/, pe·num·bras.

    • : Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off.Compare umbra. the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot.Compare umbra.
    • : a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area: a penumbra of secrecy.
    • : U.S. Law. a right or set of rights implicit but not expressed in the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights: The principle of the penumbra protects against an imperfect, or incomplete, enumeration of rights.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inshadow
Synonyms
dark黑,黑黑的,暗色,暗gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗obscurity隐蔽性,隐晦性,隐晦,晦涩难懂shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽adumbration鸣金收兵,鸣锣开道,鸣谢,鸣笛cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖dimness昏暗,亮度,黯淡无光,昏暗度dusk傍晚时分,黄昏时分,黄昏,傍晚时份protection保护,保护措施,保护工作,保护作用shelter庇护所,避难所,遮蔽处,遮蔽物umbra本体,本影,本色,全景umbrage嗯哼,嗯,呒呒,呒呒呒obscuration遮蔽性,遮蔽,朦胧,朦胧化
as ineclipse
Synonyms
concealment隐蔽性,隐瞒,隐匿,掩饰darkening变黑,变暗,黑化,发暗decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降diminution缩减,缩水,减弱,减少dimming调光,调频,调色,调亮extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾obliteration湮灭,湮没,遗忘,销毁occultation掩星,掩蔽,隐没,掩星术shading遮阳,阴影,遮蔽,遮盖物shroud护罩,裹尸布,笼罩,遮盖物veil面纱,遮盖物,幔子,纱幔extinguishment熄灭,消灭,灭亡,灭绝obscuration遮蔽性,遮蔽,朦胧,朦胧化
as inshade
Synonyms
shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾adumbration鸣金收兵,鸣锣开道,鸣谢,鸣笛blackness漆黑一片,漆黑,黑暗,黑色coolness清凉,清凉性,清凉度,清凉之气cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖darkness黑暗,黑暗世界,阴暗面,黑暗中dusk傍晚时分,黄昏时分,黄昏,傍晚时份gloominess忧郁症,阴郁,忧郁,悲观主义obscurity隐蔽性,隐晦性,隐晦,晦涩难懂screen筛选,屏幕,屏风,筛查semidarkness半昏迷状态,半暗,半昏暗,半昏迷shadiness阴暗面,遮蔽性,遮盖性,阴暗shadows影子,阴影,阴暗面,阴暗处umbra本体,本影,本色,全景umbrage嗯哼,嗯,呒呒,呒呒呒obscuration遮蔽性,遮蔽,朦胧,朦胧化

Examples

  • Yes, both injuries are experienced during a traumatic event; however, the psychological penumbra is very different.

  • In person, Waltz is equally charming, but without the penumbra of menace that comes with having Nazi goons just outside the door.

  • It formed, as it were, a penumbra of fine shrilling, and could be heard for many streets in advance.

  • The penumbra will last quite a long time yet, but it will gradually get fainter and fainter.

  • And the concert ended, and soon they were alone together in the flower-filled, fragrant penumbra of the moving carriage.

  • He has touched even the dark penumbra of treason; that could not but risk the sum of his other strivings.

  • This portion was the kernel of the inheritance, surrounded by a wide penumbra of more feeble light and fewer privileges.

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