shine

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ʃaɪn/    /ʃaɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Brightness from a source of light. countable,uncountable
    — the distant shine of the celestial city
  2. Brightness from reflected light. countable,uncountable
  3. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour. countable,uncountable
  4. Shoeshine. countable,uncountable
    — Take a shine. You need it.
  5. Sunshine (typically in contrast with rain). countable,uncountable
    — be fair or foul, or rain or shine
  6. Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink. countable,slang,uncountable
  7. A black person. countable,derogatory,ethnic,offensive,slang
    — "If you want your black head blown off, shine, you just make a move to stop us."
  8. The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball. countable,uncountable
  9. A liking for a person; a fancy. countable,slang,uncountable
    — She's certainly taken a shine to you.
  10. A caper; an antic; a row. archaic,countable,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To emit or reflect light so as to glow. copulative,intransitive
    — The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.
  2. To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something). transitive
    — He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
  3. To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing. transitive
  4. To reflect light. copulative,intransitive
  5. To distinguish oneself; to excel. copulative,intransitive
    — My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.
  6. To be effulgent in splendour or beauty. copulative,intransitive
    — So proud she shyned in her Princely state.
  7. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers. copulative,intransitive
    — Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable.
  8. To be immediately apparent. copulative,intransitive
  9. To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar). transitive
    — I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.
  10. To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light. transitive
    — in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them

词形变化

shines present,singular,third-person shining participle,present shone participle,past shone past shined participle,past shined past shines plural shines present,singular,third-person shining participle,present shined participle,past shined past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).
Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål skinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish skina, Faroese and Icelandic skína.
词源 2
From the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn (“brightness, shine”), and also Middle English schenen, from Old English scǣnan (“to render brilliant, make shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną, causative of *skīnaną (“to shine”).
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