luster

noun · verbA2

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

lusterslustre

1.
(US, countable, uncountable)The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
metallic luster
pearly luster
the diamond’s luster
2001, James Wood, Introduction to Saul Bellow, Collected Stories, New York: Viking, p. xvii, Curiously enough, the stream of consciousness, for all its reputation as the great accelerator of description, actually slows down realism, asks it to dawdle over tiny remembrances, tiny details and lusters, to circle and return.
2.
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.
the sun’s luster
the luster of the minor stars
3.
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.
After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.
1970, S.Y. Agnon, "Agunot" in Twenty-One Stories, New York: Schocken Books, p. 30, Their days of rest are wrested from them, their feasts are fasts, their lot is dust instead of luster.
4.
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.
After the scandal, the idol lost his luster and could only get work in Vegas.
5.
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Polish, social refinement.
Sure, the posh git spoke with fine lustre. ’S all a load of bollocks, though, innit?
6.
A thing exhibiting luster, particularly
7.
(US, alt of, alternative)Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
8.
(US, archaic)(now rare) One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.
Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether?
1867–1872, Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Testimonies against the Jews Neither fornicators, nor those who serve idols, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor the lusters after mankind […] shall obtain the kingdom of God.
9.
(US, obsolete)Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.
Đồng nghĩa: den

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

lusters

V_ing/Gerund

lustering

V_ed/pp

lusteredlustre

1.
(US, archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks!
2.
(US, archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now rare) To gain luster, to become lustrous.
3.
(transitive) To give luster, particularly
4.
(US, obsolete, transitive)To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.
5.
(transitive, obsolete) Synonym of lustrate, particularly

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

denlustrateto give luster to lustrate obsolete

Trái nghĩa

dullnessbrilliance dullness

Cùng gốc / liên quan

delusterlustrifylacklusterluster bowlluster chinaluster fabricluster fleecelusterfulluster goodsluster juglusterlesslustermakerlustermentluster mottlingluster mugluster processluster teapotluster tileluster tradelusterware

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle French lustre, from lustro, from lustrare (brighten), from Latin lūstrō (to purify, to brighten), from Latin lūstrum (purification ritual).