| 单词 | radiance |
| 释义 | radiance (once / 912 pages) 1n 2n Radiance is a type of glowing: either from a light source like the sun or a healthy, beaming person. The sun radiates lights, and bright objects that give off light rays have a quality called radiance. The sun's radiance can be felt the strongest in the afternoon. We use lights for their radiance: they brighten rooms and streets. Also, if someone is happy and healthy, we can talk about their radiance. A sign of radiance in a person is a wide smile, and pregnant women are often said to have a glow or radiance because they’re full of life. WORD FAMILYradiance: radiances+/radiate: radiance, radiancy, radiated, radiately, radiates, radiating, radiatingly, radiation, radiator/radiation: radiations/radiator: radiators USAGE EXAMPLESMany of us grew up with an Enlightenment Bach, a nondenominational divinity of mathematical radiance. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) “Polar Treasures” surrounds a turquoise radiance with messy loops, threads and splashes of paint, about to slide into a single irresistible gravity field. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) “I think anyone who goes into a space with stained glass can feel some of that radiance,” she said. Washington Times(Nov 25, 2016) 1 1n an attractive combination of good health and happiness the radiance of her countenance Hyper felicity, happiness state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy good health, healthinessthe state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease 2n the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency an appearance of reflected light luster, lustre, sheen, shininessthe visual property of something that shines with reflected light burnish, gloss, glossiness, polishthe property of being smooth and shiny French polishthe glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac glazea glossy finish on a fabric brightness the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white n the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface Syn|Hypo|Hyper glow, glowing aureole, corona the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse light, visible light, visible radiation (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation |
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