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

a. figurative in various applications, esp. Brilliance or splendour of renown; glory. Often in phrases, to add lustre to, to shed or throw lustre on, etc. Also, splendid beauty (of language, sentiments, etc.).

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > illustriousness

shine?1529

lustrea1575

splendour1604

clarity1616

illustration1616

illustriousness1650

illustricity1761

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 69 The third chapter..casteth forth a very jolly glistering lustre of many goodly illations of such things as..make little against us.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxvii. iv Like the light, he shall display Thy justice in most shining lustre.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §5. 136 These actions, together with his honourable behauiour, which added much to their lustre, were more glorious than profitable.

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 185 Hee affected popular Lustre by frequent exhibiting most Stately Shewes.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 85 The..chastity of Stile, which lendeth a luster to your elaborate writings.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 202 I hold mine own Religion so good, as it needs not fetch lustre from the disgrace of another.

1713 J. Addison Cato i. i How does the lustre of our father's actions, Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him, Break out.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 304 The Duke of Richmond was sent to give a lustre to that negotiation.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 1 His birth..was attended by prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 232 The pomp and lustre of his language.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 33 She was..charmed by the lustre of his sentiments.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. ii. 146 It threw great lustre on his administration.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 295 The virtues of Claudius..place him in that short list of emperors who added lustre to the Roman purple.

1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan I. 510 It was in the power of the orator..to throw a lustre over the historian.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. iv. 253 Mythical lustre illumined all the historic facts of Abraham's life.

1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xix. 166 As she dilated on the past, she seemed to share its lustre and its triumphs.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xx. 152 Its future is a future which..is likely to add fresh lustre to the Newspaper Press.

单词	to add lustre to
释义	> as lemmas to add lustre to a. figurative in various applications, esp. Brilliance or splendour of renown; glory. Often in phrases, to add lustre to, to shed or throw lustre on, etc. Also, splendid beauty (of language, sentiments, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > illustriousness shine?1529 lustrea1575 splendour1604 clarity1616 illustration1616 illustriousness1650 illustricity1761 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 69 The third chapter..casteth forth a very jolly glistering lustre of many goodly illations of such things as..make little against us. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxvii. iv Like the light, he shall display Thy justice in most shining lustre. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §5. 136 These actions, together with his honourable behauiour, which added much to their lustre, were more glorious than profitable. 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 185 Hee affected popular Lustre by frequent exhibiting most Stately Shewes. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 85 The..chastity of Stile, which lendeth a luster to your elaborate writings. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 202 I hold mine own Religion so good, as it needs not fetch lustre from the disgrace of another. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. i How does the lustre of our father's actions, Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him, Break out. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 304 The Duke of Richmond was sent to give a lustre to that negotiation. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 1 His birth..was attended by prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 232 The pomp and lustre of his language. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 33 She was..charmed by the lustre of his sentiments. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. ii. 146 It threw great lustre on his administration. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 295 The virtues of Claudius..place him in that short list of emperors who added lustre to the Roman purple. 1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan I. 510 It was in the power of the orator..to throw a lustre over the historian. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. iv. 253 Mythical lustre illumined all the historic facts of Abraham's life. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xix. 166 As she dilated on the past, she seemed to share its lustre and its triumphs. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xx. 152 Its future is a future which..is likely to add fresh lustre to the Newspaper Press. extracted from lustren.¹ < as lemmas
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