| 单词 | illuminate |
| 释义 | illuminate (once / 321 pages) 1v 2v To illuminate is to light up — with physical light or with an idea. A spotlight might illuminate an actor on stage, and a good chemistry teacher might illuminate students with a lesson on the atomic structure of hydrogen. Originally, the verb illuminate referred to decorating handwritten manuscripts with bright lettering or pictures. Monks illuminated manuscripts with colors like gold, silver, bright red, and blue. Nowadays you can illuminate anything in the dark — either literally or figuratively. If you are afraid of the dark, illuminate your bedroom. In the dark when it comes to organic chemistry? Get an illuminating tutor. WORD FAMILYilluminate: illuminated, illuminates, illuminating, illumination+/illuminated: unilluminated/illuminating: illuminatingly, unilluminating/illumination: illuminations USAGE EXAMPLESAt night it’s brightly illuminated by giant billboards and huge screens playing pop-music performances. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) But the light she shines on her father’s identity illuminates facets of her own. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) When it completes its descent at midnight, a giant "2017" sign will illuminate and a shower of fireworks with light up the sky. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v make lighter or brighter Syn|Hypo|Hyper illume, illumine, light, light up floodlight illuminate with floodlights spotlightilluminate with a spotlight, as in the theater lighten, lighten up become lighter 2v make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear 2Syn|Hyper clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, shed light on, sort out, straighten out clarify, clear up, elucidate make clear and (more) comprehensible v add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) Hypo|Hyper miniate, rubricate decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
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