| 单词 | incandescent |
| 释义 | incandescent (once / 4122 pages) adj When heated, coals become incandescent, which means that they glow red-hot. You could also describe a brilliant and moving novel as incandescent. Incandescent, like the word candle, has its origins in the Latin word candere meaning "to glow or shine." Combined with the suffix in meaning "within," its meaning can be easily pulled from the combination of its root words: "to glow or shine from within." Fire crackers are incandescent because they give off brilliant lights when heated, but look up at a blazing fireworks display, and you'll find it's quite moving, or incandescent with intensity and brilliance. WORD FAMILYincandescent: incandescently+/candescent: incandescent USAGE EXAMPLESThe scary, exhilarating brightness of raw adolescence emanates from every scene of Sarah DeLappe’s incandescent portrait of an indoor soccer team. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Each uses less power than an incandescent light bulb. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) DOE even attempted to ban the incandescent light bulb. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj emitting light as a result of being heated an incandescent bulb Syn candent light characterized by or emitting light 2adj characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance an incandescent performance Syn glorious having or deserving or conferring glory |
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