obumbrate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/|/əˈbʌmbreɪt/    美 /ɑˈbəmˌbreɪt/|/əˈbəmˌbreɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To shade; to darken; to cloud. rare
    — those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him
  2. To foreshadow, prefigure. obsolete,transitive
  3. past participle of obumbrate form-of,obsolete,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders. not-comparable,rare
  2. Overshadowed, darkened. Scotland,not-comparable,obsolete

词形变化

obumbrates present,singular,third-person obumbrating participle,present obumbrated participle,past obumbrated past

词汇关系

相关词
adumbrate umber umbra umbrella

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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