incandescent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/|/ˌɪŋ.kænˈdɛs.ənt/|/ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/    美 /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/|/ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An incandescent lamp or bulb.
    — Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.
形容词 adj.
  1. Emitting light as a result of being heated.
    — We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow
  2. Shining very brightly.
    — Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
  3. Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc. figuratively
    — The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.
  4. Extremely angry; furious.
    — She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.

词形变化

more incandescent comparative most incandescent superlative incandescents plural

词汇关系

衍生词
incandescent lamp nonincandescent subincandescent
相关词
incandescence incandescently

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
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