- Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors:色彩斑斓的：产生灿烂的，彩虹般色彩的：an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.一片色彩斑斓的浮油；色彩斑斓的羽毛
- Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance:灿烂辉煌的：在效果或外表上光彩夺目或灿烂辉煌的："The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room"(Carson McCullers)“这个序曲就象清晨房间里的一块三棱镜一样灿烂辉煌”(卡森·麦克卡勒尔斯)