penumbrous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɪˈnʌmbɹəs/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Partially shaded.
    — the penumbrous calm of the cathedral interior
  2. Vague; ill-defined; unclear.
    — Yet such Commissions were awarded, and far more frequently than might be supposed in view of the infinitely wider gulf—both social and educational—which divided the eighteenth-century Officer from the rank and file, than the penumbrous border line which separates them today.

词形变化

more penumbrous comparative most penumbrous superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English penumbra
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English penumbrous
From penumbra + -ous.
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