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iridescent

/ir-i-des-uhnt/US // ˌɪr ɪˈdɛs ənt //UK // (ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt) //

彩虹色的,彩虹色,彩虹式的,虹彩的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an iridescent cloth, material, or other substance: new fall dresses of imported iridescents.

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Examples

  • The birds’ flashy, iridescent feathers heat up more than other types of feathers, possibly making it harder to stay cool in hot, sunny conditions.

  • It worked out though — the iridescent rhinestones on her dress complemented the sheen of the paisley design on his jacket beautifully.

  • Moss should’ve been the star of the Twilight movies, not humans, werewolves, or iridescent vampires.

  • Maybe it was the kelp’s iridescent colors, maybe the wonder of hoisting 15-foot walls of plants out of the water.

  • You can fill the final creation with iridescent film, like in the video, or something more silly such as homemade Silly Putty or growing dinosaurs.

  • New York in the 1920s was iridescent, and its boom was spontaneous.

  • Or on an iridescent gold and green suit detailed with iridescent green mirco-paillettes.

  • I describe the pink hued iridescent bubbles in the bathtub, and the way they glide away from my skin as if it's made of silk.

  • It was paired with a sweater designed like an exaggerated version of a V-neck made in an iridescent knit.

  • Iridescent colors came in combinations of deep reds, purples, golds, and greens.

  • In the clear light of a window at the woman's back, her hair, with a groundwork of crimson, was overshot with iridescent lights.

  • People were walking about in purple and gold togas; on the house-tops were pigeons whose throats shone like iridescent beads.

  • Through the sea haze Mitylene shines out like an iridescent bubble of light.

  • He asked if I would dine with him some evening at the "Iridescent," and I said it was not a time for dining at restaurants.

  • Then comes a ball to which I shall wear a frock all little fluttering iridescent draperies, suggesting an airy hummingbird.