illumination

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1 [uncountableU]LIGHT lighting provided by a lamp, light etc 光亮，照明

White candles, the only illumination, burned on the table.

白蜡烛作为唯一的照明在桌子上燃烧着。

soft illumination

柔和的光亮

2 [countableC usually plural]TCN a picture or pattern painted on a page of a book, especially in the past 〔尤指旧时书籍中页面上的〕彩饰，图案装饰

the illuminations in a medieval manuscript

中世纪手稿上的图案

3 illuminations formal [plural] British EnglishBrEDLTLIGHT a show of coloured lights used to make a town bright and colourful 〔美化城镇景观的〕彩灯，灯饰

the Blackpool illuminations

布莱克浦的灯饰

4. [countableC, uncountableU] formalCLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND a clear explanation or understanding of a particular subject 〔对某一主题的〕阐明；理解

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illumination• Very suitable for paludariums, it grows over rocks, stumps, or branches but requires artificial illumination.• The lighted shop windows threw a bleak illumination on to the empty pavements.• Then he slumps forward, face down, turned away from the last bit of dim illumination offered by the night sky.• The object was to study the effect of small changes in the exposure, illumination etc.• Among Clark's more important illuminations are his thoughts on Lewis' mysterious death.• The only illumination came from emergency lights over the doors.• Only toward the right, where the Argolid Temple stood, was there illumination.• Many of his utterances are crammed with illumination and entertainment.

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