英语词汇“illuminate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

illuminateilluminate /ɪˈluməˌneɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYilluminate

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of illuminare, from lumen light

VERB TABLE

illuminate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	illuminate
	he, she, it	illuminates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	illuminated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have illuminated
	he, she, it	has illuminated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had illuminated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will illuminate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have illuminated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am illuminating
	he, she, it	is illuminating
	you, we, they	are illuminating
Past	I, he, she, it	was illuminating
	you, we, they	were illuminating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been illuminating
	he, she, it	has been illuminating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been illuminating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be illuminating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been illuminating

1[usually passive] to use light to make something visible or make it shine: The room was illuminated by candles.2formal to make something much clearer and easier to understand: The artifacts may help illuminate the culture of the Aztecs.3literary if a smile or expression illuminates someone’s face, it makes him or her look happy or excited