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illuminate vt. 阐明，说明；照亮；使灿烂；用灯装饰vi. 照亮[ 过去式 illuminated 过去分词 illuminated 现在分词 illuminating 第三人称单数 illuminates ] (1) 我母亲清楚知道，她那些永备牌电池，如果光是用来照明区分卫生纸和其功能的空隙，可以维持多久。 (2) 这个例子足以说明，我们可以用一个强光灯照亮公共场所，但是对一条漫长的街道而言，这个办法却是不足取的，更不用说整个城市了。 (3) 就在同时，其他科学家们开始通过检验现代爬行动物的鳞片来试图阐明羽毛的起源，因为爬行动物与鸟类之间的亲缘关系最为接近。

Accepted Answer

英 [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt] 美 [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt] (1) My mother knew exactly how long her Ever Readys would last if used only to illuminate the hap that separated the toilet paper from its . (2) This is sufficient to convince any one that we may be able to illuminate large public places with one light, but not the streets of a city, and still less whole cities. (3) In the meantime, other scientists sought to illuminate the origin of feathers by examining the scales of modern reptiles, the closest living relatives of birds. Both scales and feathers are flat.  ★

英语单词	illuminate
英美音标	英 [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt] 美 [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt]
中文释义	vt. 阐明，说明；照亮；使灿烂；用灯装饰 vi. 照亮 [ 过去式 illuminated 过去分词 illuminated 现在分词 illuminating 第三人称单数 illuminates ]
英语例句	(1) My mother knew exactly how long her Ever Readys would last if used only to illuminate the hap that separated the toilet paper from its . (2) This is sufficient to convince any one that we may be able to illuminate large public places with one light, but not the streets of a city, and still less whole cities. (3) In the meantime, other scientists sought to illuminate the origin of feathers by examining the scales of modern reptiles, the closest living relatives of birds. Both scales and feathers are flat.
中文例句	(1) 我母亲清楚知道，她那些永备牌电池，如果光是用来照明区分卫生纸和其功能的空隙，可以维持多久。 (2) 这个例子足以说明，我们可以用一个强光灯照亮公共场所，但是对一条漫长的街道而言，这个办法却是不足取的，更不用说整个城市了。 (3) 就在同时，其他科学家们开始通过检验现代爬行动物的鳞片来试图阐明羽毛的起源，因为爬行动物与鸟类之间的亲缘关系最为接近。
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Illuminate Illuminated Feathers Scales 英 ɪˈluːmɪneɪt] 美 ɪˈluːmɪneɪt Vt