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illumine

/ih-loo-min/US // ɪˈlu mɪn //UK // (ɪˈluːmɪn) //

照亮,照耀着,照亮了,照耀

Related Words

light光,光线,光明,光照irradiate照射,辐照,辐射,焕发illuminate发光,发明,照亮,发亮brighten亮化,亮光,亮丽,亮亮clarify澄清,厘清,阐明,澄明interpret解释,解读,翻译,诠释elucidate阐释,阐发,阐释一下,阐明

Definitions

  1. 1

    il·lu·mined, il·lu·min·ing.

    • : to illuminate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verblight up
Synonyms
brighten亮化,亮光,亮丽,亮亮illuminate发光,发明,照亮,发亮irradiate照射,辐照,辐射,焕发light光,光线,光明,光照
verbexplain
Synonyms
clarify澄清,厘清,阐明,澄明elucidate阐释,阐发,阐释一下,阐明interpret解释,解读,翻译,诠释

Examples

  • He had dismissed Hilda Howe, but a glow from the world she helped to illumine showed seductively at the end of his day.

  • Though the night was gloomy, the flames of the fire spread sufficient light around to illumine the faces of the new comers.

  • From our furnaces gleam lights which illumine industrial enterprises, and perfect them.

  • Rome, immense and dominated by a battle of clouds, seemed to illumine the sky.

  • They illumine the darkness in which my own thoughts have been long revolving in shapeless con fusion.

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