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Sheen N Adjective English Middle Dutch German ʃi:N

单词 sheen
音标 [ʃi:n]
解释 n. 光辉,光泽
红宝书 【英】 n.光辉,光泽 (a bright or shining condition)
【例】 The moon laid a brilliant sheen across the water.
字源 sheen (n.)
"shining, brightness," 1602 (first attested in "Hamlet" iii.2), noun use of adjective sheene "beautiful, bright," from Old English scene, sciene "beautiful; bright, brilliant," from Proto-Germanic *skauniz "conspicuous" (cognates: Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German schön "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunja "beautiful"), from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Meaning "film of oil on water" is from 1970.
As an adjective now only in poetic or archaic use, but in Middle English used after a woman's name, or as a noun, "fair one, beautiful woman."
不择手段背单词 n. 光辉 = luster; 华丽的服装; 有光泽的纺织品
【记】有sheen的green的sheet.
趣味全助记 【记】shine 发光,闪耀;音:新,新买的东西都是闪亮的,好看的;she她,女人 + en 使,使成为一个女人,一个光彩夺目魅力四射的女人

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