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单词 luminous
释义
luminous
adjective
uk
/ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/us
/ˈluː.mə.nəs/

luminousadjective(BRIGHT)

producingorreflectingbrightlight,especiallyin thedark:
luminousclothing夜光服
Thelibrarywaslitby the luminousglowoflaptops.
Synonyms
aglowliterary
lambentliterary
More examples
  • Themake-uprefectslightand gives theskina luminousglow.
  • Thefabricwasimpregnatedwith luminouspaintwhichglowedas theymarched.
  • I couldseenostars, and only by avague, luminoushazeknewthepresenceof amoon.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The qualities of light
  • ablaze
  • brightly
  • brilliantly
  • dazzling
  • dazzlingly
  • dullness
  • flickering
  • fluorescent
  • glittering
  • luminescent
  • lustrous
  • moonlit
  • optically
  • polychromatic
  • prismatic
  • shining
  • sparkling
  • starlit
  • sunlit
  • ultraviolet
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luminousadjective(BEAUTIFUL)

verybeautiful:
She is still luminous at 46yearsofage.
Thesubjectmatterispresentedin luminousprose.
More examples
  • Cherry is anunusuallyluminous, givingperson.
  • Theguitarswere as luminous as thewhirlinglightshow.
  • Shinn'sextraordinarilyluminouspaintingsoftheatricalproductions
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Beauty and attractiveness
  • aesthetic
  • attractiveness
  • beauty
  • chic
  • crowning gloryidiom
  • good looks
  • gorgeousness
  • grace
  • gracefulness
  • grandeur
  • lustrously
  • magnificence
  • majestically
  • majesty
  • nobility
  • shapeliness
  • splendour
  • stateliness
  • sublimity
  • sultriness
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Related words

luminosity
luminously
(Definition ofluminousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
luminous
adjective
uk
/ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/us
/ˈluː.mə.nəs/
producingorreflectingbrightlight(especiallyin thedark)
（尤指在黑暗中）发亮的，放光的；夜光的
luminousclothing夜光服

luminous| American Dictionary

luminous
adjective
us
/ˈlu·mə·nəs/
producingorreflectinglight,esp. in thedark:
Thesnowylandscapewasgrowingluminous in the lateafternoonlight.
(Definition ofluminousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofluminous

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This is because such a motion would deliver lessluminousimpulses than a slow motion.
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Furthermore, the fluorescent sources had conventional magnetic ballasts and therefore were subject toluminousflicker, whereas incandescent lamps do not flicker.
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Behind this front both ionization and electrical conductivity decay to a lower value at the trailing edge of theluminousgas.
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We think that, in its substance, it would have the ephemeral material andluminousqualities of a passing thing.
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She, the beautiful, would lie down and languidly extend herluminouswhite wrist.
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Her eyes wereluminous, her lips carried a sensual smile.
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In a rather subdued decade, these books easily pass muster as the mostluminousexamples of scholarship in agrarian history.
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With vivid syncopations, two familiar klezmer tunes resumed before a slow, slinky 'bulgar' dance emerged, contrasted to the soloists'luminous, silky harmonics.
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Walls in vibrant contrasting tones glow in the sunlight, and the photographs convey the sensation of being inside aluminouspainting.
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Researchers also should pay further attention to the possible role ofluminousmodulation to determine the optimal lighting system characteristics for the daily light exposure.
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Panegyrists and artists alike drew on a variety ofluminoussymbols to acclaim or represent the entering ruler.
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Under these conditions, the inner region appears white: the light red discolors and appears white with both surface color andluminousqualities.
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This may be associated with a steep rise of the ionization and electrical conductivity t o that value appropriate to theluminousshock front.
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Only the fluid retained by the envelope works as a messenger, and the messages are neitherluminousnor electric, mechanical, vibratory, or caloric.
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Many performances by this orchestra have swept me up into whole heavens of sound, full ofluminous, glittering stars.
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