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单词 lucent
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Definition of lucent in English:

lucent

adjective ˈluːs(ə)ntˈlus(ə)nt
literary
  • Glowing with or giving off light.

    the moon was lucent in the background
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a child, I would look out into the street and see other kids playing hackeysack, but I would also see the lucent outline of carriages streaming through their bodies like a breeze.
    • Feeling energetic still, I jogged down to Alta lake just as a lucent sun lay half hidden behind a three-thousand foot mountain.
    • Made of oak slats, it protects the offices' privacy, while throwing a changing pattern of lucent gold coloured stripes across the interior.
    • One of these was such a soft lucent pinky white as to appear almost transparent.
    • A glistening black stuffed crow is perched on the volume's edge, its splayed wings and claws eerily delineated against the lucent white pages.
    Synonyms
    shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring

Derivatives

  • lucency

  • noun
    literary
    • In form, proportion and lucency, the winter garden is a really pleasing space.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin lucent- 'shining', from the verb lucere (see lucid).

Rhymes

translucent
 
 

Definition of lucent in US English:

lucent

adjectiveˈlus(ə)ntˈlo͞os(ə)nt
literary
  • Glowing with or giving off light.

    the moon was lucent in the background
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a child, I would look out into the street and see other kids playing hackeysack, but I would also see the lucent outline of carriages streaming through their bodies like a breeze.
    • Made of oak slats, it protects the offices' privacy, while throwing a changing pattern of lucent gold coloured stripes across the interior.
    • A glistening black stuffed crow is perched on the volume's edge, its splayed wings and claws eerily delineated against the lucent white pages.
    • One of these was such a soft lucent pinky white as to appear almost transparent.
    • Feeling energetic still, I jogged down to Alta lake just as a lucent sun lay half hidden behind a three-thousand foot mountain.
    Synonyms
    shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin lucent- ‘shining’, from the verb lucere (see lucid).

 
 
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