adumbrate

英 ['ædəmbreɪt] 美 ['ædəmbreɪt]

• v. 画轮廓；预示

英英释义

Verb:

1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of;

   "sketch the outline of the book"
   "outline his ideas"
   

2. give to understand;

   "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
   

经典引文

• Its duties were..not defined.., but only adumbrated.

  出自： James Mill

近反义词

【近义词】

• cloud 云
• suggest 建议
• shade 阴影
• insinuate 暗示
• sketch 速写
• outline 大纲
• intimate 亲密的