limn

vt. 描写, 描绘

发音

US /lɪm/
UK /lɪm/

词形变化

limned limnest limneth limning limns 三单 limns limning 现在分词 limned 过去式 limned 过去分词

别名

limne

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To draw or paint; to delineate.

    比喻 及物
  2. 2.

    To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

outline portray depict delineate

上位词 3

draw represent interpret

下位词 2

lipstick contour

词源

From Middle English limnen, limyne, lymm, lymn, lymne (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), a variant of luminen (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), short form of enluminen (“to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to make bright or clear; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript); to depict, describe; to adorn or embellish with figures of speech or poetry; to make famous, glorious, or illustrious”), from Old French enluminer (“to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript)”), from Latin illūminō (“to brighten, light up; to adorn; to make conspicuous”), from il- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’)) + lūminō (“to brighten, illuminate; to reveal”) (from lūmen (“light; (poetic) brightness”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine; to see”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

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