illuminate

B1 CET-6 大学 FREQ #23420 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 照明, 用灯装饰, 阐明, 说明, 使灿烂 vi. 照亮, 用灯装饰

发音

US /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/
AU /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/

词形变化

illuminates 复数 illuminates illuminated illuminates 三单 illuminatest illuminateth illuminating illuminating 现在分词 illuminated 过去式 illuminated 过去分词 more illuminate 比较级 most illuminate 最高级

别名

alluminate

教材释义与例句

动词

阐明，说明；照亮；使灿烂；用灯装饰

动词

照亮

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

v. B1
  1. 1.

    To shine light on something.

    照亮

    照明

    及物
  2. 2.

    To decorate something with lights.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To clarify or make something understandable.

    比喻 及物
  4. 4.

    To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To make spectacular.

    比喻 及物
  6. 6.

    To glow; to light up.

    不及物

    Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […]

  7. 7.

    To be exposed to light.

    不及物
  8. 8.

    To direct a radar beam toward.

    及物 政治 军事
adj.
  1. 1.

    Enlightened, illuminated, made bright.

    废旧

    February 28 1630, Joseph Hall, The Hypocrite do ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies?

  2. 2.

    Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Learned, erudite.

    古体

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

light clear enlighten crystallize clear up elucidate illumine light up shed light on sort out

上位词 10

grace lighten clarify decorate ornament adorn embellish beautify clear up elucidate

下位词 4

spotlight floodlight miniate rubricate

词源

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

来源：wiktionary