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    Incandescent has a technical meaning and a more dramatic, figurative one. Technically, it describes something that gives off light because it has been heated to a very high temperature - the old kind of light bulb, with a glowing wire inside, is called an 'incandescent bulb.' Figuratively, incandescent describes something extremely bright and , or an extremely intense emotion - you might say someone is 'incandescent with rage,' meaning they are burningly, furiously angry.

    (技術)白熾發光的(如白熾燈泡); (比喻)光芒四射的、(情緒)極度強烈的，如 incandescent with rage 暴怒

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組成in- ('into') + candescent (from Latin 'candere,' to glow or shine white). Incandescent means glowing white-hot.

同家族的字

  • candleshares the Latin root 'candere' (to glow or shine)
  • candidshares the same root - originally about being bright and clear, now meaning honest and open

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。

incandescentadj/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/

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    Emitting light as a result of being heated.

    • We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow
    • Rather than burning out as incandescent bulbs do, L.E.D.’s light output dims over tens of thousands of hours. L.E.D.’s are also more resistant to vibration than incandescents or screw-in fluorescent bulbs, and do not flicker or hum.
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    Shining very brightly.

    • Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
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    Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

    • The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.
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    Extremely angry; furious.

    • She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.

incandescentnoun/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/

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    An incandescent lamp or bulb.

    • Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.

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。