luster
luster 英 ['lʌstə] 美 [ˈlʌstɚ]
n. [光] 光泽；光彩 vi. 有光泽；发亮 vt. 使有光泽
名词复数:lusters
- Something with luster has a certain kind of sheen or shininess, like the way a new pair of shoes looks right before you step into a pile of mud.
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- n. [光] 光泽；光彩
- vi. 有光泽；发亮
- vt. 使有光泽
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1. Then it’s really no more than a means of transportation, it too loses its luster.
然后它就仅仅是一个名符其实的交通工具，失去了它的光彩。
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2. College graduates may be losing some of their luster for reasons beyond technology and trade.
大学毕业生也许会因为技术和贸易之外的原因失去一些光彩。
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3. No one knows for sure when the tide started to turn, or the exact moment when American gold started its slow but seemingly irreversible loss of luster.
无人确切知晓这波潮汐的消退始于何时，也没有人精确的得知美金的光泽从何时起开始缓慢，但不可逆转的褪色。
- luster (n.1) "gloss, radiance, quality of shining by reflecting light," 1520s, from Middle French lustre "gloss, radiance" (14c.), common Romanic (cognates: Spanish and Portuguese lustre, Rumanian lustru, Italian lustro "splendor, brilliancy"), a noun ultimately from Latin lustrare "spread light over, brighten, illumine," which is related to lustrum "purification," from PIE *leuk-stro-, suffixed form of root *leuk- "light, brightness."
- luster (n.2) "one who feels intense longing desire," 1590s, agent noun from lust (v.).
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