lustre

Word family

lus·tre British EnglishBrE, luster American English /ˈlʌstə $ -ər/ noun [singular, uncountableU]

1 an attractive shiny appearance 光泽，光亮

Her thick, black hair shone with lustre.

她那一头乌黑浓密的秀发闪动着光泽。

2 INTERESTINGthe quality that makes something interesting or exciting 出色，光彩

There’ll be a celebrity guest to add lustre to the occasion.

将有一位贵宾为这一庆典增光添彩。

Examples from the Corpus

lustre• Even after the Papacy had returned to Rome in 1376, the Anti-Popes enabled it to retain its luxury and lustre.• Granite and alabaster were also imported with precious materials such as porphyry to give richness and lustre to interiors.• Autumn had given the trees that extra golden lustre.• The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre, and all the fine details of its ornament.• The original lustre of the shell has been retained.• They have a handsome shiny lustre which makes them conspicuous from a distance.• This is nonsense; the lustre is solely the result of the chemical washing.• The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre.• The piled fibres absorb and reflect the light, alternating deep and pale hues and giving the cloth its unique lustre.

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 15151 COCA: 33640

lustre

Feelings of pleasure and excitement: pleasure, excitement, enthusiasm...