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单词 glow
释义 glow
I. \ˈglō\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English glowen, from Old English glōwan; akin to Old High German gluoen to glow, Old Norse glōa to glow, Old English geolu yellow, and perhaps to Greek chloos green, light green, light green color — more at yellow
intransitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to be or become hot to the point of radiating a suffused often slowly and unevenly pulsating light and an intense flameless heat : become heated to red heat or white heat : be or become incandescent
   < heated the metal until it glowed >
   < coals still glowing in the fireplace >
  (2) : to shine with a suffused radiance as if intensely heated : emit or become lit up with an incandescent light : gleam in a suffused manner
   < gaily lighted houses glowed in the dark >
   < her eyes glowed with pleasure >
   < saw the harbor lights glowing in the distance >
 b.
  (1) : to have a rich warm suffused coloration typically reddish in hue or touched by reddish highlights
   < his troubled face glowing in the firelight — Guy McCrone >
   < paintings that glowed with color >
   < the leaves of the maple trees glowed red and yellow in the sunlight — J.P.Marquand >
  (2) : to have a radiant warm typically ruddy coloration of the kind associated with youthfulness and physical well-being
   < cheeks glowing with health >
  (3) : to have a markedly heightened reddish coloration (as that arising from strong emotion or embarrassment) : flush, blush
   < she was filled with excitement and her face glowed >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to experience a sensation of tingling pervasive warmth
   < rubbed themselves with Turkish towels until they glowed all over >
   < a drink that makes the whole body glow >
  (2) : to experience a sensation as if of intense heat : burn with emotion or passion
   < glowing with rage and resentment >
   < glowing with fervor >
 b. : to be full of or show exuberance, elation, joyous good spirits
  < glowing with maternal pride — Carleton Beals >
  : be buoyant and vibrantly alive
  < every page of the book glows with good humor >
transitive verb
obsolete : to cause to glow
 < fans whose wind did seem to glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool — Shakespeare >
Synonyms: see blaze
II. noun
(-s)
1. : the quality or state of having a glowing coloration
 < the rich glow of the mahogany table >
 < the bright glow in her cheeks >
2.
 a.
  (1) : considerable warmth of feeling or intensity of emotion or passion
   < the glow of new love >
  (2) : tingling pervasive warmth or a sensation of such warmth
   < a glow of happiness >
   < walked away satisfied and all in a glow >
   < they started pouring the stuff down steadily, feeling the warm glow rising inside — D.M.Davin >
 b. : a feeling or outward display of exuberance, elation, joyous good spirits
  < the good news left them with a glow in their hearts >
  < there was no mistaking the happy glow on his face >
  < the glow of success >
3.
 a. : the state of glowing with heat and light
  < the glow of dying embers >
  : incandescence; specifically : a relatively faint luminosity due to luminescence
  < the cathode glow in a Crookes tube >
  — compare afterglow 2
 b. : glowing radiance : suffused gleaming
  < happy to see the glow in her eyes >
  < the glow of the lighted Christmas tree >
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