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adumbration 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. prefiguration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  2. a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
  3. (adumbrate) sketch: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
  4. (adumbrate) intimate: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
  5. Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many different authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story. It is a literary device in which an author drops hints about the plot and what may come in the near future. ...
  6. (adumbrate) To foreshadow vaguely; To give a vague outline; To obscure or overshadow
  7. (adumbrated) Obscured; Foreshadowed; Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of as a solid figure
  8. (adumbrate) v. - shadow forth; outline; sketch out. adumbrative, adj. adumbration, n.
  9. (adumbrate) (v) to foretell, foreshadow, or prophesy vaguely
  10. (adumbrated) a partial disclosure, a sketchy outline, to provide only the main facts and not the details about something, particularly something that will happen in the future
  11. (Ad-um-bra'-tion) A figure on a coat of arms traced in outline only, or painted in a darker shade of the same color as the field on which it is represented. ...
  12. 1. a faint sketch or outline 2. foreshadowing; advance indication 3. overshadowing