Luminary
['luːmɪn(ə)rɪ] or ['lʊmə'nɛri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; 'he was host to a large gathering of luminaries'.
整理:莉莲--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
(n.) One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.
阿方索整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Sage, savant, celebrity, light, genius
ANT:Fool, ignoramus, dunce, lout, blockhead
艾伦錄入
解釋/意思:
n. any body which gives light esp. one of the heavenly bodies: one who illustrates any subject or instructs mankind.—adj. Lū′minant emitting light.—n. an illuminating agent.—n. Luminā′tion a lighting up.—v.t. Lū′mine (Spens.) to illumine.—adjs. Luminif′erous transmitting light; Lū′minous giving light: shining: illuminated: clear: lucid.—adv. Lū′minously.—ns. Lū′minousness Luminos′ity.—Luminous paint a phosphorescent powder such as sulphide or oxysulphide of calcium ground up with a colourless varnish or other medium and used as a paint.
吉恩編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.
錄入:撒迦利亚
例句/造句/用法:
- When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Bell called his boat the Comet, in commemoration of the remarkable eccentric luminary which was at that time frightening Europe from its propriety. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The disc of the moon exactly resembled that of the real luminary, and all around being so dark, the rays from its surface cast shadows of intervening objects. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He would sit for any length of time, with the utmost enjoyment, bathing his temples in the light of any order of luminary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
弗里达編輯