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单词 lambent
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Definition of lambent in English:

lambent

adjective ˈlamb(ə)ntˈlæmbənt
literary
  • (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance.

    〈诗/文〉(光,火)闪烁的,摇曳的,发柔光的

    the magical, lambent light of the north

    北方神秘、闪烁的光。

    his eyes were huge and lambent in his starved face
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dust settled, the noise subsided and a glow of lambent light emanated from the chamber that now lay revealed.
    • Jaben hurled the annulus into the lava, where it disappeared in a burst of lambent flame.
    • Monica Swinton, 29, of graceful shape and lambent eye, went and sat in her living room, arranging her limbs with taste.
    • Her fists clench, and he could have sworn that her eyes were blazing with fire, the lambent glow bathing him in an evil red light.
    • The final touches of the Lightbringer were caressing the slopes and cliff faces, bathing grey stone and ice in lambent gold.
    • The lifts had closed, the punters had gone, the domain was ours and a lambent, purplish light settled on the silent mountain.
    • Here, warm, lambent sunlight bathes a country road framed by towering trees.
    • In the wider connotations of the title it seems to me that the lambent flames can refer to non-technical themes.
    • What was remarkable about the spruce was its color: a lambent yellow, caused by a rare genetic mutation that affected its ability to make chlorophyll.
    • But, being unaccustomed to existence as a dragon, by the time the lambent flame burst from his cavernous mouth, Natieasdo had disappeared, taking Lationae with him.
    • As I drove into work this sunny, lambent morning, it was with decidedly mixed feelings.
    • Her eyes were the only note of color in her body, brilliant and arterial red; the rising crescent moon of Ishtar sat lambent on her brow.
    • This portrait communicates the artist's pleasure in the act of painting, which is revealed in a lambent play of light on the figure.
    • Outside it's the close of a lambent spring afternoon, a clarity of light still falling on the residential street.
    • My eyes having adjusted to the gloom, I noticed a lambent, reddish glow emanating from one direction.
    Synonyms
    shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring

Derivatives

  • lambency

  • noun ˈlamb(ə)nsiˈlæmb(ə)nsi
    literary
    • And what lambency - Audrey Benoit, Noémie Godin-Vigneau and Suzanne Clément look so good, I could sit and listen to their problems all day.
  • lambently

  • adverb
    literary
    • I retract it now; The rose, with its fantastic array of lambently glowing colours, its aural iridescence, is the swan-song of a great musical personality.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin lambent- 'licking', from the verb lambere.

Definition of lambent in US English:

lambent

adjectiveˈlæmbəntˈlambənt
literary
  • (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance.

    〈诗/文〉(光,火)闪烁的,摇曳的,发柔光的

    the magical, lambent light of the north

    北方神秘、闪烁的光。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dust settled, the noise subsided and a glow of lambent light emanated from the chamber that now lay revealed.
    • The final touches of the Lightbringer were caressing the slopes and cliff faces, bathing grey stone and ice in lambent gold.
    • This portrait communicates the artist's pleasure in the act of painting, which is revealed in a lambent play of light on the figure.
    • But, being unaccustomed to existence as a dragon, by the time the lambent flame burst from his cavernous mouth, Natieasdo had disappeared, taking Lationae with him.
    • As I drove into work this sunny, lambent morning, it was with decidedly mixed feelings.
    • Monica Swinton, 29, of graceful shape and lambent eye, went and sat in her living room, arranging her limbs with taste.
    • What was remarkable about the spruce was its color: a lambent yellow, caused by a rare genetic mutation that affected its ability to make chlorophyll.
    • Her fists clench, and he could have sworn that her eyes were blazing with fire, the lambent glow bathing him in an evil red light.
    • Outside it's the close of a lambent spring afternoon, a clarity of light still falling on the residential street.
    • Jaben hurled the annulus into the lava, where it disappeared in a burst of lambent flame.
    • Her eyes were the only note of color in her body, brilliant and arterial red; the rising crescent moon of Ishtar sat lambent on her brow.
    • The lifts had closed, the punters had gone, the domain was ours and a lambent, purplish light settled on the silent mountain.
    • Here, warm, lambent sunlight bathes a country road framed by towering trees.
    • In the wider connotations of the title it seems to me that the lambent flames can refer to non-technical themes.
    • My eyes having adjusted to the gloom, I noticed a lambent, reddish glow emanating from one direction.
    Synonyms
    shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin lambent- ‘licking’, from the verb lambere.

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