英语词汇“limn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

limn

(lĭm)

tr.v. limned, limn·ing (lĭmnĭng), limns

1. To describe or depict by painting or drawing.

2. To suffuse or highlight with light or color; illuminate: "There was just enough juice left in Merrill's flashlight to limn the outlines: A round lobe here. Another lobe over there" (Hampton Sides).

3. To describe or portray in words.

[Middle English limnen, to illuminate (a manuscript), probably alteration (influenced by limnour, illustrator) of luminen, from Old French luminer, from Latin lūmināre, to illuminate, adorn, from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

limner (lĭmnər) n.

单词	limn
释义	limn (lĭm) tr.v. limned, limn·ing (lĭmnĭng), limns 1. To describe or depict by painting or drawing. 2. To suffuse or highlight with light or color; illuminate: "There was just enough juice left in Merrill's flashlight to limn the outlines: A round lobe here. Another lobe over there" (Hampton Sides). 3. To describe or portray in words. [Middle English limnen, to illuminate (a manuscript), probably alteration (influenced by limnour, illustrator) of luminen, from Old French luminer, from Latin lūmināre, to illuminate, adorn, from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] limner (lĭmnər) n.
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