Sheenname/ʃiːn/

• 1

  An area of Greater London, officially East Sheen.

• 2

  A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, on the border with Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1161).

• 3

  A surname.

sheenadj詞源 1/ʃiːn/

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  archaicrareBeautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.

  • Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen.
  • The doleful Dumps I sing, and tearful Woes, Of Marian teeming with unlawful Throes: The sheenest Lass in Berkshire was she known, Of all that Butter fell to Reading Town: […]
• 2

  archaicrareClear, pure, clean; noble, illustrious; (by extension) innocent, chaste.

  • […] And all her crystal springs, whence clear and sheen Her brooks receive the wat'ry element, […]
  • 'Twas not when early flowers were springing, When skies were sheen, And wheat was green, […]

sheennoun詞源 1/ʃiːn/

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  Splendor; radiance; shininess.

  • There is a greenish sheen across the shoulders of his greasy black suit, for the morning light has of a sudden begun to dance through the bay window.
  • Mr. Leerhsen said in an interview that he wanted to write a book without the dutiful sheen of what he called “an official Bourdain product.”
• 2

  A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.

  • oil sheen
  • Perhaps the simplest of sauces is the pat of butter dropped on a heap of hot vegetables, or stirred into rice or noodles, or drawn across the surface of an omelet or steak to give a sheen.

sheenverb詞源 1/ʃiːn/

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  rareTo shine; to glisten.

  • This town, / That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.

sheennoun詞源 2/ʃiːn/

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  The letter ش in the Arabic script.