| 单词 | luminous |
| 释义 | luminous (once / 721 pages) adj Luminous means full of or giving off light. During the winter holidays, with all their emphasis on light, you can see luminous displays of candles everywhere. This word has several figurative meanings that are related to the basic sense of something shining. For example, luminous prose is clear and easily understood. And a luminous career is bright and inspiring. The Middle English adjective is from Latin luminosus, from lumen "light." WORD FAMILYluminous: luminosity, luminously, luminousness, self-luminous+/luminosity: luminosities USAGE EXAMPLESTricia McCauley was a luminous actress, a master herbalist, a gardener, a yogi. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Dewdrop, the fleet, luminous leader of the Flowers in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” is a dream part for Tiler Peck of New York City Ballet. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) In the German artist Julian Rosefeldt’s latest film installation, snippets of manifestoes by 20th-century aesthetic rebels emanate from 13 large, luminous screens. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj softly bright or radiant a sky luminous with stars Syn aglow, lambent, lucent bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
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