the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse
暗影;本影。比较
【天文】 太阳黑子中心。
[mass noun]
〈主诗/文〉 荫,阴影。
" late 16th cent. (denoting a phantom or ghost): from Latin, literally ‘shade’. "