luster
英 美 ['lʌstɚ]
- n. [光] 光泽；光彩
- vi. 有光泽；发亮
- vt. 使有光泽
- n. (Luster)人名；(德)卢斯特尔
TEM4 TOEFL
1. lux “light, 想到Lux力士沐浴露” =》luc-, lust-, luster, lustr-.
luster 光泽来自拉丁语lucere,发光，词源同light,lumen,lunar,-st,过去分词后缀。
luster 享乐者，纵欲者来自lust,性欲，色欲。该词义已作古。
- luster (n.1)
- "gloss, radiance," 1520s, from Middle French lustre "gloss, radiance" (14c.), common Romanic (cognates: Spanish and Portuguese lustre, Rumanian lustru, Italian lustro "splendor, brilliancy"), from Latin lustrare "spread light over, brighten, illumine," related to lucere "shine," lux "light" (see light (n.)).
- luster (n.2)
- "one who lusts," 1590s, agent noun from lust (v.).
- 1. His great books have added luster to the university where he teaches.
- 他的巨著给他任教的大学增了光.
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- 2. These pearls have a beautiful luster.
- 这些珍珠光泽很美.
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- 3. Mercerization enhances dyeability and luster of cotton materials.
- 丝光处理扩大棉纤维的染色能力,增加纤维的光泽.
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- 4. The original purpose of mercerization was to improve the luster of cotton fibers.
- 丝光的本来目的是改善棉丝维的光泽.
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- 5. And some minutely crystalline varieties, such as flint, may be opaque and of a waxy luster.
- 某些细小的结晶变种, 如燧石, 可能是不透明的,并具有腊样的光泽.
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