adumbration
[ˌædʌm'breiʃən]
n. 轮廓, 预, 影



adumbration
[ noun ]

1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

<noun.cognition>

2. a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation

<noun.artifact>

Adumbration \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.

Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.

3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.