adumbration

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌædʌmˈbɹeɪʃ(ə)n/|/-əm-/    美 /ˌædəmˈbɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. uncountable
    — If it be true, that there is a Firſt Being who has drawn or created all the reſt from nothing, man is truly his image; [...]. But an image, is but an image ſtill, and can be but an adumbration or ſhadow of the true perfect Being.
  2. A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. countable
    — There is another Difference of Sounds, which wee call Exteriour, and Interiour. [...] Wee ſhall therefore enumerate them, rather than preciſely diſtinguiſh them; Though (to make ſome Adumbration of that wee meane) the Interiour is rather an Impulſion or Contuſion of the Aire, than an Eliſion or Section of the ſame.
  3. A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.; The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field. countable,rare,specifically,uncountable
    — ADUMBRATION, [in Heraldry] an abſolute taking avvay of the Charge or Thing born, ſo that nothing of it remains but the bare Proportion of the out Lines.
  4. A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — [W]here there is an obſcurity too deep for our Reaſon, 'tis good to ſit down with a deſcription, periphraſis, or adumbration; for by acquainting our reaſon how unable it is to diſplay the viſible and obvious effects of nature, it becomes more humble and ſubmiſſive unto the ſubtilties of faith: [...]
  5. The form of an object as seen by an observer. countable,specifically
    — Of necessity a physical thing can be given only "one-sidedly;" and that signifies, not just incompletely or imperfectly in some sense or other, but precisely what presentation by adumbrations prescribes.

词形变化

adumbrations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
adumbrationism
相关词
adumber adumbrate adumbrated adumbrative obumber obumbration umbra

词源

From Latin adumbrātiō (“sketch; outline, silhouette; pretence, semblance”) + -ion (suffix indicating a condition or state). Adumbrātiō is derived from adumbrāre (present active infinitive of adumbrō (“to represent an object with light and shade, to shade; to represent in outline, to outline, silhouette, sketch; to cast a shadow on, overshadow, shade; to copy, counterfeit, imitate”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions). Adumbrō is derived from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’) + umbrō (“to cast a shadow, to shade; to overshadow”) (from umbra (“shade; shadow; ghost”)).
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