单词 | shine |
释义 | Word Frequency shine(ʃaɪn) verbWord forms: shines, shining or shone 1. (intransitive) to emit light 2. (intransitive) to glow or be bright with reflected light 3. (transitive) to direct the light of (a lamp, etc) he shone the torch in my eyes 4. (tr; past tense and past participle shined) to cause to gleam by polishing to shine shoes 5. (intransitive) to be conspicuously competent; excel she shines at tennis 6. (intransitive) to appear clearly; be conspicuous the truth shone out of his words noun 7. the state or quality of shining; sheen; lustre 8. rain or shine 9. informal short for moonshine (sense 2) 10. informal a liking or fancy (esp in the phrase take a shine to) Word origin Old English scīnan; related to Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan, Old High German scīnan to shine, Greek skia shadow |
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