1670s, "showy brilliance," from French éclat "splinter, fragment" (12c.), also "flash of brilliance," from eclater "burst out; shine brilliantly; splinter, fly to fragments," from Old French esclater "smash, shatter into pieces," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic word related to slit (v.) and to Old High German skleizen "tear to pieces; to split, cleave." Extended sense of "conspicuous success" is first recorded in English in 1741.
双语例句
1. He a diplomat of great eclat.
他是个声望显赫的外交家。
来自辞典例句
2. They gave him more eclat than he really deserved.
他并不真得值得他们给他那么多的荣誉.
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3. Her latest novel was received with great eclat.
