sheen

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsheensheen /ʃiːn/ noun [singular, uncountable] SHINYa soft smooth shiny appearance Her hair had a lovely coppery sheen.Examples from the Corpussheen• A sheen of perspiration soon covered Ron's forehead.• The songs featured tight, focused melodies polished to a bright sheen with stacks of overdubbed guitars and studio effects.• A fine sheen of sweat glazed his heavy, quivering jowls.• A light sheen of perspiration covered his upper lip.• They were cloudy colours, pale and subtle with the milky sheen of pearls.• A nesting cormorant glared at us with green eyes, its black feathers glossed with a purple sheen.• Her elegant dress had a silver sheen.• Years later, I would think of their sheen as being rather like the membranes enclosing viruses I had read about.• In their studio, gritty Delta edges were given a smooth, appealing, urban sheen that crossed easily over racial lines.Origin sheen (1300-1400) sheen “beautiful, shining” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English sciene

单词	sheen
释义	sheen From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsheensheen /ʃiːn/ noun [singular, uncountable] SHINYa soft smooth shiny appearance Her hair had a lovely coppery sheen.Examples from the Corpussheen• A sheen of perspiration soon covered Ron's forehead.• The songs featured tight, focused melodies polished to a bright sheen with stacks of overdubbed guitars and studio effects.• A fine sheen of sweat glazed his heavy, quivering jowls.• A light sheen of perspiration covered his upper lip.• They were cloudy colours, pale and subtle with the milky sheen of pearls.• A nesting cormorant glared at us with green eyes, its black feathers glossed with a purple sheen.• Her elegant dress had a silver sheen.• Years later, I would think of their sheen as being rather like the membranes enclosing viruses I had read about.• In their studio, gritty Delta edges were given a smooth, appealing, urban sheen that crossed easily over racial lines.Origin sheen (1300-1400) sheen “beautiful, shining” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English sciene
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