Radiate

['reɪdɪeɪt] or ['redɪet]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) send out real or metaphoric rays; 'She radiates happiness'.

(verb.) issue or emerge in rays or waves; 'Heat radiated from the metal box'.

(verb.) cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; 'The sun is radiating'.

(verb.) extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; 'spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel'; 'This plants radiate spines in all directions'.

(verb.) send out rays or waves; 'The sun radiates heat'.

(adj.) having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies .

整理:罗莎--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

(v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.

(v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.

(v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.

(a.) Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.

(a.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

(a.) Belonging to the Radiata.

(n.) One of the Radiata.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Shine, gleam, emit rays.[2]. Issue in rays, emanate in rays.[3]. Emit heat, throw off heat.

v. a. Emit (heat or light) in straight lines.

a. [1]. (Bot.) Radiant.[2]. (Zoöl.) Radiated.

手打:罗谢尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Shine, sparkle, gleam, emanate, coruscate, shimmer,[See SHINE]

校對:沃尔多

解釋/意思:

v.i. to emit rays of light: to shine: to proceed in direct lines from any point or surface.—v.t. to send out in rays: to furnish with rays.—adjs. Rā′diāte -d formed of rays diverging from a centre: (bot.) consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular: (min.) having crystals diverging from a centre: belonging to the Radiata: in coins represented with rays proceeding from a centre as a head or bust.—adv. Rā′diately in a radiate manner: with radiation from a centre.—adj. Rādiā′tiform having the appearance of being radiate.—adv. Rā′diatingly.—n. Rādiā′tion act of radiating: the emission and diffusion of rays of light or heat.—adj. Rā′diative.—n. Rā′diator a body which radiates or emits rays of light or heat: a part of a heating apparatus for a room.—adj. Rā′diatory.—ns. Rādioflagell′ata marine animalcules; Rā′diograph an instrument by which solar radiation is measured.—adj. Rādiolā′rian pertaining to the ooze at the bottom of the sea composed of the shells of Radiolā′rians a class of marine rhizopod Protozoa so called from their having thread-like processes of living matter radiating outwards on all sides.—ns. Rādī′olus one of the barbules of the main shaft of a feather; Rādiom′eter an instrument consisting of four horizontal arms of very fine glass carefully poised so as to revolve easily on a point the whole contained in a glass vessel almost exhausted of air—the arms move round under light or heat more or less swiftly according to the strength of the rays.—adj. Rādiomet′ric.—ns. Rādiomicrom′eter an instrument for measuring very small amounts of heat; Rā′diophone an instrument for producing or transmitting sound by heat-rays.—adj. Rādiophon′ic.—ns. Rādiophon′ics Rā′diophony the production of sound by radiant heat; Rā′dium a rare element whose radiations act upon photographic plates and have properties like the X-rays.

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