单词 | illuminate |
释义 | illuminate v.tr.   1. light up; make bright.   2. decorate (buildings etc.) with lights as a sign of festivity.   3. decorate (an initial letter, a manuscript, etc.) with gold, silver, or brilliant colours.   4. help to explain (a subject etc.).   5. enlighten spiritually or intellectually.   6. shed lustre on. Derivatives illuminating adj. illuminatingly adv. illumination n. illuminative adj. illuminator n. Etymology: L illuminare (as IN-(2), lumen luminis light) |
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