单词 | luminous |
释义 | lu·mi·nous 1. a. < the sole elements of the cosmos would seem to be luminous objects — the nebula, the stars, the planets — Lincoln La Paz > < he had recourse to the luminous dial of his watch — Elizabeth Bowen > < his eyes were luminous … they blazed like mortal stars — Elinor Wylie > < there was his face, serene, luminous, often smiling — A.N.Whitehead > b. < feeling for luminous effect that her early landscapes show — F.E.Hyslop > < every note in her huge range is perfect, luminous, and golden — Robert Evett > < few foresaw the luminous future of the young man — C.G.Bowers > c. < such a flame is also luminous — R.H.Wright > 2. < shed a faintly luminous glow upon the upturned still face — Djuna Barnes > < stretched out on their backs lazily inviting the luminous American weather — Thomas Wolfe > < gazing up into the foliage … luminouswith the bright sunlight — W.H.Hudson †1922 > 3. a. < full of luminous ideas of statesmanship — Samuel Alexander > < her own fine and luminous genius — J.P.Bishop > < the luminous moment when men's imaginations see alike — Lillian Smith > < the splendor of a profound and luminous intellect — Gertrude Atherton > b. < convert the new situation from the obscure into the clear and luminous — John Dewey > < his prose is simple and luminous … and his text is based on wide reading — Howard M. Jones > Synonyms: see bright |
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