luminary
luminary 英 [ˈlu:mɪnəri] 美 [ˈlumɪneri]
n. 发光体；杰出人物；知识渊博的人
名词复数:luminaries
- In scientific writing, Stephen J. Hawking is a luminary. People look up to this well-known scientist and author for his knowledge and insight.
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- n. 发光体；杰出人物；知识渊博的人
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1. This state of affairs was not to last long "for Jung has a proud stomach" and he parted company with Freud, to become, like his master, a luminary of the psychoanalytical world.
他们的这种关系并没有持续很久，“因为荣格胃口很大”，他离开弗洛伊德的团体成为像他导师一样的心理学界杰出人物。
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2. For example, Chhu Yuan says in his -4th century Thien Wen (Questions about the Heavens), ‘When Spica (Virginis) is rising just before dawn, where is the great luminary (the Sun) hiding himself?
例如，公元前4世纪，屈原在其著作《天问》（关于天的疑问）中说道：“当东方角宿（处女座）破晓前升起，天上的大发光体（太阳）在何处匿藏？”
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3. The glimmer of this luminary suggested the above conceits to Mr. Dimmesdale, who smiled- nay, almost laughed at them- and then wondered if he were going mad.
也正是那盏灯的昏光，触发了丁梅斯代尔先生的上述奇思异想，使他绽出了微笑——不，他简直是对那想法放声大笑——之后就怀疑自己是否要发疯了。
- luminary (n.) mid-15c., "lamp, light-giver, source of light," from Old French luminarie (12c.), "lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination," from Late Latin luminare "light, torch, lamp, heavenly body," literally "that which gives light," from Latin lumen (genitive luminis) "light, source of light, daylight, the light of the eye; distinguished person, ornament, glory," related to lucere "to shine," from suffixed (iterative) form of PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness."
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