penumbra
noun /pəˈnʌmbrə/
/pəˈnʌmbrə/
(specialist)- an area of shadow which is between fully dark and fully light
(黑暗与光明之间的)半影 - (astronomy
) the shadow made by the earth or the moon during a partial eclipse天文学 compare umbraTopics Spacec2(偏食期间的)半影
词源mid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin paene ‘almost’ + umbra ‘shadow’.