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umbra

/uhm-bruh/US // ˈʌm brə //UK // (ˈʌmbrə) //

本体,本影,本色,全景

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural um·bras, um·brae [uhm-bree]. /ˈʌm bri/.

    • : shade; shadow.
    • : the invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.
    • : Astronomy. the complete or perfect shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the direct light from the source of illumination is completely cut off.Compare penumbra. the dark central portion of a sunspot.Compare penumbra.
    • : a phantom or shadowy apparition, as of someone or something not physically present; ghost; spectral image.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It loves the fig-trees with nothing but leaves; it adores the stat magni nominis umbra.

  • What signifies disputing about queen or king,—when men may sit at peace—sub umbra vitis sui?

  • The dark portion within the shadow has all the light excluded from it and is called the umbra.

  • The double of the Egyptian sepulchral records corresponds exactly to the of the Greeks and the umbra of the Latins.

  • For the “Romani nominis umbra,” the shadow of the mighty race whom they had conquered, lay heavy on our forefathers for centuries.