adumbrate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they adumbrate | |
he / she / it adumbrates | |
past simple adumbrated | |
past participle adumbrated | |
-ing form adumbrating |
- adumbrate something
to give a general idea or description of something without details synonym outline概述;概括说明;勾画轮廓 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin adumbrat- ‘shaded’, from the verb adumbrare, from ad- ‘to’ (as an intensifier) + umbrare ‘cast a shadow’ (from umbra ‘shade’).