单词 | glow |
释义 | glow (once / 129 pages) 1vn 2vn To glow is to shine with light. On a clear night when the moon is full, it glows in the sky. A nightlight glows in a dark room, and a distant flashlight beam glows like a candle. Other things that glow include fireflies, TV screens, and city lights when seen from an airplane at night. A person's face can also be said to glow, when it's shining and flushed with health or happiness. The radiance of light or pleasure itself can also be called a glow, from the Old English glowan, "to shine as if red-hot." WORD FAMILYglow: counterglow, glowed, glowing, glows+/glowing: glowingly, glowings USAGE EXAMPLESIn the rows in front of me, I see supertitles glowing in German, in Spanish. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Despite this apparent open challenge to Putin, the museum received a glowing review from the state-run news agency. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) L.A. helps Havana's vintage neon signs glow again: 'It marks a new era, a return of the light, of hope' Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1v emit a steady even light without flames The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden Hypo|Hyper fluoresce exhibit or undergo fluorescence flushglow or cause to glow with warm color or light scintillatephysics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon radiate cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays 2v shine intensely, as if with heat The coals were glowing in the dark Syn|Hypo|Hyper burn gutter burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker beam, shine emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light 3n a steady even light without flames Hypo|Hyper sky glow illumination of the night sky in urban areas light, visible light, visible radiation (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation 4n the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised Syn|Hyper incandescence light, visible light, visible radiation (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation 5n the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface Syn|Hypo|Hyper glowing, radiance aureole, corona the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse light, visible light, visible radiation (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation 6n light from nonthermal sources Syn|Hyper luminescence brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light 7n an appearance of reflected light 2Syn|Hyper gleam, gleaming, lambency effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light 1v have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna Syn|Hyper beam, radiate, shine appear, look, seem give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect 2v experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion Syn|Hyper beam, radiate, shine experience, feel undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind 3v be exuberant or high-spirited Make the people's hearts glow Hyper experience, feel undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind 4n an alert and refreshed state Syn|Hyper freshness good health, healthiness the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease 5n a feeling of considerable warmth the glow of new love a glow of regret Hyper feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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