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词汇 incandesce
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Definition of incandesce in English:

incandesce

verb ˌɪnkanˈdɛsˌɪnkənˈdɛs
[no object]
  • Glow with heat.

    发光发热,(使)白热化

    the lights of the town lay incandescing across the prairie

    镇上的强灯光照亮了草原远处。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Naked, fresh-scrubbed, practically incandescing with exuberance, she looks like she's posing for a vitamin ad.
    • In Island of Soay, a bank of cloud descends, obliterating the upper reaches of the landscape, yet the sun incandesces through the murk, casting golden yellow highlights on the dark ocean.
    • But whilst he found it moderately interesting, it didn't arouse in him the same white hot passion that incandesced like a sun in Gifford, warming and illuminating everyone near.
    • In other words, the filament glows, or incandesces, because of the heat.
    • The lamps that we are all familiar with, primarily incandescent, heat the electrode, usually a piece of metal until it incandesces, or ‘glows’, producing light.
    • In fact, the heat alone that incandesces from the lava is enough to cause surrounding objects to burst into flames!
    • When the torch heats the flux, it incandesces, giving off a brilliant yellow-orange flare, just like the one you get when dripping salt water onto a gas burner.
    • Although in Act II, the Sylphs either sparkled like diamonds in their sunny glade or incandesced in the funerary moonlight, in Act I, the Sylph shined like the Evening Star - only in twilight.
    • I was in a hurry and had no time to wander its paths, but caught only a glimpse of brilliant pink tulips incandescing in the spring sun.
    • Once hot, the metal itself becomes a radiant heat source - and incandesces to a cozy red glow.
    Synonyms
    shine, glimmer, glint, catch the light, glitter, shimmer, glow, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, glisten, flash, flare, beam, fluoresce

Origin

Late 19th century: back-formation from incandescent.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

Definition of incandesce in US English:

incandesce

verbˌinkənˈdesˌɪnkənˈdɛs
[no object]
  • Glow with heat.

    发光发热,(使)白热化

    the lights of the town lay incandescing across the prairie

    镇上的强灯光照亮了草原远处。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Naked, fresh-scrubbed, practically incandescing with exuberance, she looks like she's posing for a vitamin ad.
    • I was in a hurry and had no time to wander its paths, but caught only a glimpse of brilliant pink tulips incandescing in the spring sun.
    • Once hot, the metal itself becomes a radiant heat source - and incandesces to a cozy red glow.
    • But whilst he found it moderately interesting, it didn't arouse in him the same white hot passion that incandesced like a sun in Gifford, warming and illuminating everyone near.
    • The lamps that we are all familiar with, primarily incandescent, heat the electrode, usually a piece of metal until it incandesces, or ‘glows’, producing light.
    • Although in Act II, the Sylphs either sparkled like diamonds in their sunny glade or incandesced in the funerary moonlight, in Act I, the Sylph shined like the Evening Star - only in twilight.
    • When the torch heats the flux, it incandesces, giving off a brilliant yellow-orange flare, just like the one you get when dripping salt water onto a gas burner.
    • In Island of Soay, a bank of cloud descends, obliterating the upper reaches of the landscape, yet the sun incandesces through the murk, casting golden yellow highlights on the dark ocean.
    • In fact, the heat alone that incandesces from the lava is enough to cause surrounding objects to burst into flames!
    • In other words, the filament glows, or incandesces, because of the heat.
    Synonyms
    shine, glimmer, glint, catch the light, glitter, shimmer, glow, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, glisten, flash, flare, beam, fluoresce

Origin

Late 19th century: back-formation from incandescent.

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