illustrious

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a. 著名的, 辉煌的, 明亮的

发音

UK /ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/
AU
US /ɪˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/
US /-ˈləs-/

词形变化

more illustrious 比较级 most illustrious 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

著名的，杰出的；辉煌的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known.

    有名

    著名

    优秀

    辉煌

    灿烂

    杰出

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

famous noted celebrated renowned famed notable far-famed

近义相关 2

known glorious

词源

From Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree). Illūstris is derived from illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“in, inside”) + lūstrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lūstrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh₃- (“to wash”)).

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