单词 | halo |
释义 | halo From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Religionhaloha‧lo /ˈheɪləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun (plural halos) [countable]1 RRa bright circle that is often shown above or around the heads of holy people in religious art2 Ca circle of light or something brighthalo of a halo of sunlight a halo of blonde curlsExamples from the Corpushalo• Since it formed a halo over the puck, did that amount to the same thing?• For example, Nina Hagen appears as a sickly-sweet Madonna with husband and child under a halo of circus lights.• When shot from a special camera, the RoboPuck is seen on television with a halo.• A halo of wispy blonde curls capped her pretty face.• It was here that the rising air from the plain turned to vapour and formed the miraculous halo.• She is also wearing a silver-gray disk that appears like an oval halo behind her head.• A ragged halo of smoky-blue cloud wraps round the intense silver glow.• At the day's end, when everything cools down again, the halo disappears.Origin halo (1500-1600) Latin halos, from Greek, “circular area, ring” |
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