英语词汇“sheen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sheen

/ʃiːn

noun [in singular]

A soft lustre on a surface: black crushed velvet with a slight sheen figurative he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen...

Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect.
To seal the paint, I used light brown tinted wax and buffed it to a soft sheen.
With a low sheen, the intriguing surface is full of movement and tonal interest.

Synonyms

shine, lustre, gleam, patina, gloss, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance

verb literary

Shine or cause to shine softly: [with object]: men entered with rain sheening their steel helms [no object]: her black hair sheened in the sun...

Nara noticed that his pale face was sheened with sweat, shining in the dim green light of the controls.
The dog's rear tensed, muscles sheening through the short hair.
Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete sheen 'beautiful, resplendent'; apparently related to the verb shine.

单词	sheen
释义	sheen /ʃiːn / noun [in singular] A soft lustre on a surface: black crushed velvet with a slight sheen figurative he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen... Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect. To seal the paint, I used light brown tinted wax and buffed it to a soft sheen. With a low sheen, the intriguing surface is full of movement and tonal interest. Synonyms shine, lustre, gleam, patina, gloss, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance verb literary Shine or cause to shine softly: [with object]: men entered with rain sheening their steel helms [no object]: her black hair sheened in the sun... Nara noticed that his pale face was sheened with sweat, shining in the dim green light of the controls. The dog's rear tensed, muscles sheening through the short hair. Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened. Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete sheen 'beautiful, resplendent'; apparently related to the verb shine. Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean
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