sheen
sheen 英 [ʃi:n] 美 [ʃin]
n. 光辉，光泽，光彩 adj. 光辉的；有光泽的；华丽的 vi. 闪耀；发光
名词复数:sheens
- A sheen is a quality of things that are shiny, usually with reflected light. Anything that shines has a sheen, like satin in candlelight or a beautiful head of hair.
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- n. 光辉，光泽，光彩
- adj. 光辉的；有光泽的；华丽的
- vi. 闪耀；发光
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1. In the afternoon, the sun emerged to cast an icy sheen over the hills.
下午的时候，太阳从山后显现出来洒下一片冷冷的光辉。
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2. A water truck wet down the street to give life and sheen to those surfaces which otherwise would have been murky, featureless blacks.
一辆水车浇湿了整条街道，使那些本来阴暗且毫无特色的黑色表面变得富有生气和充满光泽。
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3. It emerged from the sea dripping a trail of green, glistening seaweed; spouts of water gushed in fountains from fields that lent it the sheen of an emerald.
它从海平面冉冉升起，绿色的闪闪发光的海藻纷纷从它身上落下来；喷涌的水注像喷泉一样发出祖母绿的光彩。
- 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" (source also of Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German schön "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunjai "beautiful"), from PIE root *keu- "to see, observe, perceive." It is related to show (v.).
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