lambent
a. 轻轻摇曳的, 柔和而光亮的, 巧妙的
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释义与例句
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1.
Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
1800, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI: "The Winter Walk at Noon", Poems, J. Johnson, page 232, No foe to man / Lurks in the ſerpent now: the mother ſees, / And ſmiles to ſee, her infant's playful hand / Stretch'd forth to dally with the creſted worm, / To ſtroke his azure neck, or to receive / The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue.
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2.
Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
The lambent glow of fireflies delighted the children.
[W]hile I held my son, in the short space Betwixt our kisses and our last embrace; Strange to relate, from young Iülus’ head A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows, and on his temples fed.
1839, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jonathan Birch (translator), Faust: A Tragedy, Black and Armstrong, page 127, The Witch, with much ceremony, fills the basin. As FAUST is about to raise it to his lips, it emits a clear flame. MEPHISTOPHELES. Quick! quickly down with it!—no breathing time allowed! […] And does a lambent flame prevent thee quaff?
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3.
Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
比喻We appreciated her lambent comments.
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词源
From Latin lambēns, present participle of lambō (“lick”).
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