adumbrate

🇬🇧 UK/'ædʌmbreit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To outline or sketch vaguely; to foreshadow or give a hint of something to come; to overshadow.

略述,概述;预示;遮蔽

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
adto, toward, near
+
umbrroot
+
ateto make, having
=adumbrate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The opening scenes adumbrate the tragic ending of the film.

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