| 单词 | limn |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [lim] |
| 解释 | v.描写；画 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 描述(describe)，绘画(to paint or draw) 【考】 enunciate : words / limn : lines(发音发出词语/描绘 画出线条) |
| 字源 | limn (v.) early 15c., "to illuminate" (manuscripts), altered from Middle English luminen, "to illuminate manuscripts" (late 14c.), from Old French luminer "light up, illuminate," from Latin luminare "illuminate, burnish," from lumen (genitive luminis) "radiant energy, light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Sense of "portray, depict" first recorded 1590s. Related: Limned. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 描述, 绘画 【记】源于: 用line来limn 【参】lineament(n 面部轮廓); lineal(adj 直系的; 正统的); linear(adj 直线的) 【类】enunciate: words = limn: lines发音发出词语 = 描绘画出线条 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】line, lime石灰 + line 石灰画的线；音：临摹，就是画 【相关】limb (结尾是膊，b) 肢，limp(结尾是跛，p) 跛，limn (是line 线，素描)描绘，lime(limit 用石灰划的界线，柠檬，lemon) 石灰，酸橙 |
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