aureole

n. 光轮, 光环

发音

UK /ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/
其它
US /ˈɔɹ.i.oʊl/

词形变化

aureoles 复数 aureoles aureoled aureoles 三单 aureoling aureoling 现在分词 aureoled 过去式 aureoled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.

    圆光

  2. 2.

    Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A corona.

    天文
  4. 4.

    A ring around an igneous intrusion.

    地质

    Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.

  5. 5.

    Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).

    宗教
v.
  1. 1.

    To surround with, or as if with, a halo.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

glory aura halo corona nimbus gloriole

上位词 5

light glow glowing radiance lightness

整体词 2

nimbus rain cloud

相关短语

aureole hat aureole hats

词源

From Middle English aureole, from Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) (“golden (crown)”). Doublet of oriole.

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