illuminateverb詞源 1/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/

• 1

  To shine light on something.

  • Nero illuminated his gardens with live Christians soaked in tar, and we were now treated to a similar spectacle, probably for the first time since his day, only happily our lamps were not living ones.
  • A light that is one foot away from the subject's face will completely illuminate the face, but leave the rest of the body softer and darker.
• 2

  To decorate something with lights.

• 3

  To clarify or make something understandable.

  • The situation, as it was, made it more difficult for him to leave. Yet it illuminated the very reasons why he had to go.
• 4

  To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

• 5

  To make spectacular.

  • Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.
• 6

  To glow; to light up.

  • Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.
  • Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […]
• 7

  To be exposed to light.

• 8

  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo direct a radar beam toward.

illuminateadj詞源 2/ɪˈl(j)umɪnət/

• 1

  obsoleteEnlightened, illuminated, made bright.

  • February 28 1630, Joseph Hall, The Hypocrite do ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies?
• 2

  Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.

• 3

  archaicLearned, erudite.

illuminatenoun詞源 3/ɪˈl(j)umɪnət/

• 1

  Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.