afterglow

大学

n. 晚霞, 夕照 [医] 滞光, 余辉

发音

US

词形变化

afterglows 复数 afterglows

别名

after-glow

教材释义与例句

名词

夕照,晚霞

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The glow seen in the sky after sunset.

    余辉

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  2. 2.

    The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.

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    1984, Paul Auster (as Paul Benjamin), Squeeze Play, London: Faber & Faber, 1991, Chapter 19, p. 176, Nothing will matter to you more than that [base]ball. It will hold you so completely that when you at last file out and return to the normal world, it will stay with you like the afterglow of a flashbulb that’s gone off in your eyes.

  3. 3.

    The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.

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  4. 4.

    The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.

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  5. 5.

    An afterparty.

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    There's an afterglow with singing after the evening worship.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

词源

From after- + glow.

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