umbrella

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/    美 /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/|/ˈʌm.bɹɛl.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
    — Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!
  2. Anything that provides similar protection. figuratively
    — The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.
  3. Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc. figuratively
    — The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
  4. A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
  5. The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
    — Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.
  6. An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
    — Using umbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.
动词 v.
  1. To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella. transitive
    — Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts.
  2. To form the dome shape of an open umbrella. intransitive
    — Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.
  3. To move like a jellyfish. intransitive
    — The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.

词形变化

umbrellas plural brella alternative humbrella alternative ombrella alternative umbrello alternative umbreller alternative umbrellas present,singular,third-person umbrellaing participle,present umbrellaed participle,past umbrellaed past brella alternative humbrella alternative ombrella alternative umbrello alternative umbreller alternative

词汇关系

近义词
chatta chatra rainshade parapluie gamp bumbershoot umbershoot rain napper
下位词
parasol
衍生词
Amazonian umbrellabird Atlantic umbrella slug bare-necked umbrellabird bastard umbrella thorn beach umbrella cumbrella exumbrella exumbrellar golf umbrella Japanese umbrella pine jumbrella long-wattled umbrellabird nuclear umbrella poor man's umbrella subumbrella subumbrellar sun umbrella Texas umbrella tree umbrella ant umbrella bird umbrellabird umbrella brand umbrella cockatoo umbrella company umbrella corallimorpharian umbrella cover umbrella-cover umbrella crab umbrella fern umbrella fund umbrella grass umbrella insurance umbrella-leaf umbrellaless umbrellalike umbrella octopus umbrella organisation umbrella organization umbrella palm umbrella pine umbrella plant umbrella policy umbrellar umbrella school umbrella stand umbrella step umbrella term umbrella thorn umbrella tree umbrella wasp yellow umbrella slug
相关词
umbra umbrel umbrere awning bumbershoot gamp parasol shield

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).
词源 2
Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).
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