| 单词 | shine |
| 释义 | verb | noun shineshine1 /ʃaɪn/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tense and past participle shone /ʃoʊn/) 1[intransitive] to produce bright light: It wasn’t very warm, but at least the sun was shining. The moon shone brightly in the sky.shine in/on That lamp’s shining in my eyes.THESAURUSflash – to shine brightly for a very short time: Lightning flashed across the sky.blaze – to shine very brightly with a lot of heat: It was noon and the hot sun blazed in their faces.flicker – to shine with an unsteady light: The candle flickered and went out.glow – to shine with a warm soft light: I could see a lamp glowing in the window.twinkle – to shine in the dark but not very brightly or continuously: Tiny white lights twinkled in the trees above the outdoor tables.2[intransitive] to reflect light and look bright and shiny: She polished the table until it shone.THESAURUSsparkle/glitter – to shine with many small bright points of light: The candles made her diamond necklace sparkle.shimmer – to shine with a soft reflected light that seems to shake slightly: The lake shimmered in the moonlight.gleam – to reflect back light from a clean shiny surface in an attractive way: The silverware had been polished until it gleamed.glisten – to shine because of being wet or oily: Tears glistened on her cheeks.glint – to shine with a bright flash of light that reflects off a surface: His sunglasses glinted in the late afternoon sun.3 (past tense and past participle shined) to make something bright by rubbing it SYN polish: You’d better shine your shoes first.4[transitive] to hold or point a lamp, light, etc. so that the light from it goes in a particular direction: shine something into/across/onto etc. She shone the flashlight around the room.5[intransitive] if your eyes shine, or your face shines, you have an expression of happiness: The kids’ eyes shone with excitement.6[intransitive not in progressive] to be very good at something and be noticed doing it: The concert will give young musicians their chance to shine. [Origin: Old English scinan]shine through phrasal verb if a quality that someone or something has shines through, you can easily see that it is there: Her intelligence shines through in all her work. verb | noun shineshine2 noun 1[singular, uncountable] the brightness that something has when light shines on it: The conditioner will add shine to your hair.2take a shine to somebody/something informal to immediately begin to liking someone or something very much SYN take a liking to somebody/something3[singular] an act of making something bright by polishing it: Your shoes need a shine. → see also (come) rain or shine at rain1 (3) |
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