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单词 lambent
释义 lam·bent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin lambent-, lambens, present participle of lambere to lick — more at lap
1. : playing lightly on or over a surface : gliding over : wavering, flickering
 < a fire of resinous wood … began to crackle and throw lambent shadows about the brass andirons — Hervey Allen >
2. : softly bright or radiant
 < her eyes are lambent with love — Francis Yeats-Brown >
3. : light and brilliant
 < the play of the author's lambent wit reminds one of the effect of sunshine on rippling water — B.R.Redman >
 < the coda … is brisk and lambent — Vernon Young >
Synonyms: see bright
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