adumbrate meaning in English
vt.
1.画…的轮廓，勾画。
2.暗示；预示。
3.遮蔽，遮暗，在…上投下阴影。
Examples
- The theory had been adumbrated very many times before the publication in 1859 of darwin's "the origin of species" .
这一理论在1859年达尔文的《物种起源》发表之前已经多次被构画出来。 - The recent development adumbrate a world - wide revolution in computer technology
最新事态的发展预示着一场全球性的计算机技术革命。