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luminary 音标拼音: [l'umən ,ɛri] n. 发光体,权威者,著名的知识分子 发光体,权威者,着名的知识分子 luminary n 1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; " he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [ synonym: { luminary}, { leading light}, { guiding light}, { notable}, { notability}] Luminary \ Lu" mi* na* ry\, n.; pl. { Luminaries}, [ F. luminaire, L. luminare a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, light. See { Light}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. " Radiant luminary." -- Skelton. [ 1913 Webster] Where the great luminary . . . Dispenses light from far. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary. [ 1913 Webster] 83 Moby Thesaurus words for " luminary": VIP, actinic, big, big name, big- timer, candle, catoptric, celebrity, chief, constellation, cynosure, electric light bulb, electronics king, eminence, figure, fire, first- rater, flame, folk hero, galaxy, genius, glim, great man, heliographic, heliological, hero, heroine, honcho, idol, illuminant, illuminator, immortal, important person, incandescent body, king, lamp, lantern, lead, leader, leading light, light, light bulb, light source, lion, luminal, luminant, luminaries, man of mark, master spirit, match, moon, nabob, name, notability, notable, paramount, person of note, personage, photic, photoactinic, photologic, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, prima donna, principal, prodigy, public figure, social lion, somebody, source of light, star, stars, sun, superstar, taper, top dog, topnotcher, torch, virtuoso, wonder, worthy
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