单词 | through-shine |
释义 | through-shineadj. rare. Allowing light to shine through; translucent, transparent. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. through-shining adj.In quot. OE of (semi-transparent) mica. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective] shireOE brightOE through-shineOE cleanc1040 cleara1400 transparent1413 crystalc1425 crystallinec1425 crystal-clear?a1439 pure1481 perspicuatea1500 beryl1508 through-shining1526 diaphane1561 thorough-seeable1562 pellucid1563 sheer1565 translucent1568 liquid1590 tralucent?1592 perspicuous1599 thorough light1601 diaphanic1614 diaphanous1614 perspicable1615 translucid1615 diaphanal1616 lucid1620 diaphaned1626 transpicuous1638 perlucid1647 dioptrical1760 dioptric1801 unconcealing1804 see-through1851 pellucent1886 pool-clear1924 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 86 Specularis, þurhscyne. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 109 That we May in your through-shine front our hearts thoughts see. 1966 R. L. Colie Paradoxia Epidemica vi. 197 The preacher..is required by the spiritual structure of the Church to be the through-shine glass for light and the painted glass for pictures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † through-shinev.α. see through- prefix and shine v. β. see thorough- prefix and shine v. Obsolete (poetic in later use). 1. transitive. To shine throughout (a place); to shine through or illuminate (something). ΚΠ lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 106 Ðus wynsumlice gaderode se ælmihtiga God þas twegen scinende steorran [sc. the two saints] on annesse þæt hi þurhscinen eal þone eard þe hi onwunodon mid heora byrhta leoman. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) in Centaurus (1968) 12 221 (MED) Þe sunne..ȝeueþ on þe clowde light, And þe clowde..Is þorgh shyned þerwiþ al; White..he him shewe shal. 1594 I. T. tr. T. Watson Ould Facioned Love ii. 10 Sweet wer my brest, such as the light through shind That so you might behold as in a fountaine Your thrise faire Image. 1651 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Signatura Rerum viii. 92 The Sun through-shines the water. 1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 160 The coarse clay of our nature, so through-shone, Glows from within. 2. intransitive. To shine through. In early use also: to be illuminated with.In quot. 1603 figurative: to be clearly evident; cf. to shine through at shine v. 7. ΚΠ 1595 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas First Day of Worldes Creation 15 If fire were then; twas not possest with heat: If aire; it did not thorough shine with light. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxv. 77 It ought to make hir contentment to through-shine in all exteriour partes. 1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xxxi. 187 Sem is a type of the light-world, and Japhet is a type of the fire-world, where the light doth through-shine. 1868 R. Noel Beatrice 264 Slant flat bars of wood that broke the light Through-shining from the facing windows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.OEv.lOE |
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