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单词 adumbral
释义

adumbral

[ a-duhm-bruhl ]
/ æˈdʌm brəl /
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adjective

shadowy; shady.

Origin of adumbral

1835–45; ad- + Latin umbr(a) shade, shadow + -al1

Words nearby adumbral

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Example sentences from the Web for adumbral

  • Then he began to stumble through the adumbral forests to find a road.

    The Sex Life of the Gods|Michael Knerr

British Dictionary definitions for adumbral

adumbral
/ (ædˈʌmbrəl) /

adjective

usually poetic shadowy

Word Origin for adumbral

C19: from ad- (in the sense: in) + Latin umbra shadow
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