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单词 iridescent
释义 ir·i·des·cent
I. \|irə|desənt\ adjective
Etymology: irid- + -escent
1. : having iridescence : showing colors like those of the rainbow especially in shifting patterns of hues and shades that vary with a change of light or point of view
 < a beetle with an iridescent back >
 < as softly iridescent as the rays from a jewel — Ellen Glasgow >
 < smart, lean glass towers with iridescent washrooms — Brooks Atkinson >
 < crunchy, iridescent, lovely snow — Elaine W. Neal >
: nacreous, opalescent
2.
 a. : having a gleaming or glittering quality suggestive of the phenomenon of iridescence : brilliant, flashing
  < two wickedly witty and iridescent novels — Time >
  < a man for whom the map of the present was always iridescent with the glories of the past — H.C.Wolfe >
  < his iridescent performance as an art, music, and drama critic — John Mason Brown >
 b. : having the constantly shifting fluid character of an iridescence
  < the life of iridescent revery — Edmund Wilson >
  < that iridescent play of meanings — Susanne K. Langer >
3. of a fabric : changeable 4
 < curtains of an iridescent material, purple in one light, golden brown in another — Howard Moss >
 < a filmy iridescent green carpet — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
II. noun
(-s)
: an iridescent fabric, trimming, or accessory
 < the green-blue iridescents are featured in rayon organdy for a party dress — Women's Wear Daily >
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