lustre

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlustrelus‧tre British English, luster American English /ˈlʌstə $ -ər/ noun [singular, uncountable] 1 an attractive shiny appearance Her thick, black hair shone with lustre.2 INTERESTINGthe quality that makes something interesting or exciting There’ll be a celebrity guest to add lustre to the occasion.Examples from the Corpuslustre• Even after the Papacy had returned to Rome in 1376, the Anti-Popes enabled it to retain its luxury and lustre.• Granite and alabaster were also imported with precious materials such as porphyry to give richness and lustre to interiors.• Autumn had given the trees that extra golden lustre.• The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre, and all the fine details of its ornament.• The original lustre of the shell has been retained.• They have a handsome shiny lustre which makes them conspicuous from a distance.• This is nonsense; the lustre is solely the result of the chemical washing.• The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre.• The piled fibres absorb and reflect the light, alternating deep and pale hues and giving the cloth its unique lustre.

单词	lustre
释义	lustre From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlustrelus‧tre British English, luster American English /ˈlʌstə $ -ər/ noun [singular, uncountable] 1 an attractive shiny appearance Her thick, black hair shone with lustre.2 INTERESTINGthe quality that makes something interesting or exciting There’ll be a celebrity guest to add lustre to the occasion.Examples from the Corpuslustre• Even after the Papacy had returned to Rome in 1376, the Anti-Popes enabled it to retain its luxury and lustre.• Granite and alabaster were also imported with precious materials such as porphyry to give richness and lustre to interiors.• Autumn had given the trees that extra golden lustre.• The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre, and all the fine details of its ornament.• The original lustre of the shell has been retained.• They have a handsome shiny lustre which makes them conspicuous from a distance.• This is nonsense; the lustre is solely the result of the chemical washing.• The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre.• The piled fibres absorb and reflect the light, alternating deep and pale hues and giving the cloth its unique lustre.
随便看	mean for somebody to do something mean for to do mean no disrespect mean no harm mean no harm mean any harm mean no harm/not mean any harm mean no harm/offence/disrespect mean no not mean any harm mean no offence mean price mean somebody/something to do something mean something to somebody mean spirited mean that mean the world to everything to mean the world to mean everything to mean the world to somebody/mean everything to somebody mean the world to somebody/think the world of somebody mean the world to the world of mean the world to think the world of mean to mean to do mean to do mean to do something mean-spirited