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lambent

/lam-buhnt/US // ˈlæm bənt //UK // (ˈlæmbənt) //

羔羊,羔羊皮,羔羊肉,羔羊座

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
    • : dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit.
    • : softly bright or radiant: a lambent light.

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Examples

  • There appears to be a lambent light at the end of the tunnel, yet cavalier attitudes towards the pandemic, particularly among younger people who, as a group, are under-vaccinated, resembles what we saw last summer just before the second wave.

  • A lambent spotlight shines on each individual in his portraits, reminding the world of their forgotten existence.

  • Another has joined the band—a little shadowy form, with lambent eyes, and the smile of a seraph.

  • Each stalk had turned into a tall, straight flame of lambent rose.

  • Suddenly, Mrs. Vansittart's eyes gleamed again with that lambent light so oddly at variance with her smile.

  • There was no suggestion of a body, only that majestic head crowned with hyacinthine locks and limned in lambent fire.

  • Crazed by the infernal round, unable to resist the fascination of the lambent flames, one of them sprang and fell into the fire.