- adumbrate
[adumbrate 词源字典]
- adumbrate: see umbrage
[adumbrate etymology, adumbrate origin, 英语词源] - adumbrate (v.)
- "to outline, to sketch," 1580s, from Latin adumbratus "sketched, shadowed in outline," past participle of adumbrare "to represent (a thing) in outline" (see adumbration). Meaning "to overshadow" is 1660s. Related: Adumbrated; adumbrating.