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单词 adumbral
释义 adumbral, a.|əˈdʌmbrəl|
[f. L. ad to + umbra shade + -al1; with reference to adumbrāre, adumbrate v. 4.]
1. Of overshadowing nature; shady.
1845Blackw. Mag. LVII. 246 This circular adumbral and pluvial roofing had to be adapted to the female head.
2. Zool. A shortened equivalent of adumbrellar.
1881E. R. Lankester in Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Jan. 124 The cells of the adumbral walls are like those of the ring-canals.
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