adumbration [
ˌædʌm'breiʃən]
n. 轮廓, 预示, 阴影
adumbration[ noun ]- the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
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- a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
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Adumbration \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.
Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.
3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.