| 单词 | phosphorescent |
| 释义 | phosphorescent (once / 5763 pages) adj Anything phosphorescent emits light but not much heat. Phosphorescent things glow in the dark. Have you ever seen a lightning bug? They're a lot easier to spot at night, because they glow, giving off light and looking like flying, dancing night lights. The word for creatures and things like lightning bugs is phosphorescent. Phosphorescent things give off hardly any heat, but they radiate light. Glow-in-the-dark toys are phosphorescent. It can help you remember this word if you know that phosphorus is a substance that emits light, so anything that does so is phosphorescent. WORD FAMILYphosphorescent: phosphorescently+/phosphoresce: phosphoresced, phosphorescence, phosphorescent, phosphoresces, phosphorescing/phosphorescence: phosphorescences USAGE EXAMPLESStones are revealed as synthetic when they show a strong phosphorescent glow—a reaction rarely seen in natural diamonds. Wall Street Journal(Nov 06, 2016) It was way after midnight, and the only light in the apartment came from the glowing green of the sharks’ phosphorescent bodies. James Patterson, Confessions of a Murder Suspect(2012) Their fish tails shimmered in rainbow colors, glowing phosphorescent. Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse(2007) adj emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood Syn light characterized by or emitting light |
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