umbrage
/ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/noun
mass noun
1
- offence or annoyance生气, 不快; 伤感情:
she took umbrage at his remarks.
他的话令她生气。
2
- archaic shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees〈古〉阴影; 树荫。
派生词
umbrageous
adjective词源
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, from Latin umbra 'shadow'. An early sense was 'shadowy outline', giving rise to 'ground for suspicion', whence the current notion of 'offence'.