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 *
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Where the great luminary . . .
Dispenses light from far . --
Milton .
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2 .
One who illustrates any subject ,
or enlightens mankind ;
as ,
Newton was a distinguished luminary .
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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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