Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

illuminations

/ih-loo-muh-ney-shuhn/US // ɪˌlu məˈneɪ ʃən //UK // (ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən) //

照明,灯光,光明,光照

Related Words

brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度enlightenment启蒙,启迪,启蒙教育,悟性radiance光芒,光泽度,光泽,光彩beam桴桴鼓鼓,桴桴鼓动,桴鼓动,桴桴鼓鸣gleam熠熠生辉,熠熠生辉的,熠熠闪光,熠熠发光flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电brilliance辉煌,亮光,光芒,光彩夺目lighting照明,照明设备,照明灯,照明灯具flame火焰,焰火,燃烧的火焰,火花ray曙光,阳光,曙光乍现,阳光下information信息,资料,资讯,资料图instruction指示,指令,教学,指导clarification澄清,澄清说明,澄清问题,澄清事实revelation启示,启示录,揭示,揭秘insight洞察力,洞见,深入了解,见解perception感知,观念,感知力,感觉edification教化,熏陶,启发,熏陶作用teaching教学,教育,教导,教education教育,教育类,教育学,教育事业awareness认识,意识,认知,觉悟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of illuminating.
    • : the fact or condition of being illuminated.
    • : a decoration of lights, usually colored lights.
    • : Sometimes illuminations. an entertainment, display, or celebration using lights as a major feature or decoration.
    • : intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.
    • : Also called illuminance, intensity of illumination. Optics. the intensity of light falling at a given place on a lighted surface; the luminous flux incident per unit area, expressed in lumens per unit of area.
    • : a supply of light: a source of illumination.
    • : decoration of a manuscript or book with a painted design in color, gold, etc.
    • : a design used in such decoration.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlight; making light
Synonyms
brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度beam桴桴鼓鼓,桴桴鼓动,桴鼓动,桴桴鼓鸣brilliance辉煌,亮光,光芒,光彩夺目flame火焰,焰火,燃烧的火焰,火花flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电gleam熠熠生辉,熠熠生辉的,熠熠闪光,熠熠发光lighting照明,照明设备,照明灯,照明灯具lights照明,灯光,灯火,灯具radiance光芒,光泽度,光泽,光彩ray曙光,阳光,曙光乍现,阳光下brightening亮化,亮光,亮白,亮丽的
nounclear understanding
Synonyms
enlightenment启蒙,启迪,启蒙教育,悟性awareness认识,意识,认知,觉悟clarification澄清,澄清说明,澄清问题,澄清事实edification教化,熏陶,启发,熏陶作用education教育,教育类,教育学,教育事业information信息,资料,资讯,资料图insight洞察力,洞见,深入了解,见解inspiration灵感,启发,启示,鼓舞人心instruction指示,指令,教学,指导perception感知,观念,感知力,感觉revelation启示,启示录,揭示,揭秘teaching教学,教育,教导,教

Examples

  • The illumination of the darkness of this case is something we talked about.

  • Each individual pixel is a diode that provides its own illumination, so the screen doesn’t need a backlight.

  • The adolescent squid is transparent, but beneath its skin are light-reflecting pigments that, during its brief illumination, seemed to turn it to gold.

  • As scholar Adam Potkay noted in his 2007 book The Story of Joy, “joy is an illumination,” the ability to see beyond to something more.

  • The illumination comes not from the sun but from the infrared energy of the planet and its lower atmosphere.

  • The book is fascinating partly for its illumination of the origins of current conventions.

  • Rather than selective filtering for purposes of justification, information is instead used as the fuel for illumination.

  • An affair that blossoms in his 40s and is quickly squelched by a departmental rival serves as his single true illumination.

  • No matter the situation, the knowledge of handlers and the experts pales in comparison to her inner illumination.

  • Consider the opening of the first illumination, “After the Flood:”

  • The occupants of the room had been too absorbed with their own affairs to notice the gradual dimming of the illumination.

  • An illumination broke over his whole face when he saw her and joined her under the orange tree.

  • The intricate perforations of the lamp were inset with colored glass, and the result was a subdued and warm illumination.

  • The iris of the human eye dilates and contracts with every shift of illumination, and the Time Observatory had an iris too.

  • Nothing can be more beautiful of the kind than such an illumination seen from the ship.

Level 9Browse all words →