| 单词 | phosphorescence |
| 释义 | phosphorescence (once / 11387 pages) n Phosphorescence is when something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch, like the glow-in-the-dark stars on your bedroom ceiling. Special paint that you can see in the dark has the quality of phosphorescence, and in nature there are certain types of plankton that make moonlit water glow with phosphorescence. It's a scientific term that describes what happens when energy is emitted slowly from an object, appearing as light. It comes from the word phosphorus, a chemical element whose Latin meaning is "light-bringing." WORD FAMILYphosphorescence: phosphorescences+/phosphoresce: phosphoresced, phosphorescence, phosphorescent, phosphoresces, phosphorescing/phosphorescent: phosphorescently USAGE EXAMPLESShining our torches into the murk, an orange squid careening through the phosphorescence, we swam together into the cargo hold. New York Times(Jan 21, 2016) It can deliver spectacular beauty, through midnight phosphorescence, breaching gray whales or playful dolphins at sunrise. New York Times(Oct 12, 2015) Beauty like hers cast glimmers on the walls even across campus, phosphorescence on the things she touched.” Washington Post(Sep 09, 2015) n a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased Hyper fluorescence light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength |
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