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单词 éclat
释义 éclat
\(ˈ)ā|klä, -lȧ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, splinter, fragment, explosion, ostentation, from Old French esclat splinter, from esclater to splinter, burst, probably from (assumed) Vulgar Latin exclapitare, from Latin ex- + (assumed) Vulgar Latin clapitare, probably of imitative origin
1. : dazzling effect : brilliance
 < the stern imagery and rhetorical éclat of the first stanza — Robert Lowell >
: display of pomp or pageantry
 < arrived with much éclat, entering the capital in a coach of state drawn by eight milk-white horses — C.G.Bowers >
: dash, energy
 < the croupiers … spin the wheel with éclat — Joseph Wechsberg >
2.
 a. : public display or ostentation : publicity
  < this letter was sprung … with great éclat … in public hearing — New Republic >
 b. archaic : notoriety, scandal
  < with the object of saving an éclat — Lord Byron >
3. : brilliant or conspicuous success
 < dominated the House of Commons with éclat — C.H.Driver >
: fame, renown
 < handed down to posterity with all the éclat of a proverb — Jane Austen >
: applause
 < gave me more éclat than my efforts merited — S.H.Adams >
Synonyms: see fame
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