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Illumination is light, or the act of making a place bright with light. It can describe actual lighting - like the illumination in a room or building - or it can be used figuratively, meaning a sudden moment of understanding, when something suddenly becomes clear to you, almost like a light turning on in your mind.
照明;光線;(比喻)恍然大悟、頓悟
組成'Il-' (in) + 'lumin' (light, from Latin 'lumen') + '-ation' (the act or result of).
同家族的字
- luminousshares the root 'lumin', meaning 'light'
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
illuminationnoun/ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
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The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- The room was filled with soft illumination from the candles.
- The people hereabouts, sir, would seem to dispense with street illumination, and it is very dark tonight.
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Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
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Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
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Splendour; brightness.
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Enlightening influence; inspiration.
- The philosopher’s work gave intellectual illumination to many.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。