aureole

/awr-ee-ohl/US // ˈɔr iˌoʊl //UK // (ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl) //

金银花,金莺,金光闪闪,金莺花

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n.名词 noun

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- : a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- : any encircling ring of light or color; halo.
- : Astronomy. corona.
- : Geology. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion.

nounradiant circle

Synonyms

Its scintillating rays glorified the dark corner with the aureole of a great hope.
Even her pretty hair seemed to have acquired a nervous life, and stood out in a quivering aureole.
He was small and chunky in build, and nervous in his mind, and had red fuzzy hair that stuck up around his head like an aureole.
Round the big winged arm of the chair a wonderful, bright aureole of hair showed suddenly.
He was clearly revealed by the lights, and was magnified by the aureole of tinted fog which surrounded him.