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Giving off light, glowing — especially in the dark, like a luminous watch face you can read at night. It can also describe something very bright or clear in a figurative way, like "luminous prose" meaning beautifully clear writing.
發光的;明亮的
組成lumin- (light, from Latin "lumen") + -ous (adjective ending, "full of")
同家族的字
- illuminateshares the Latin root "lumin-", meaning light
- luminaryshares the same root "lumin-", meaning light
原始詞典資料3 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。
luminousadj/ˈluːmɪnəs/
- 1
Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
- The moon, which had been slowly ascending, now shone through an open space between the trees; and the rippling waters of the brook gave back her light in luminous vibrations.
- The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.
- 2
Brightly illuminated.
- 3
Clear; enlightening; easy to understand.
- a luminous explanation
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。