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词汇 luster
释义 luster
noun
US(UKlustre)us/ˈlʌs.tɚ/uk /ˈlʌs.tər/
[ S or U ]
the brightness that a shiny surface has:
a treatment for restoring the luster to dull hair
the rich luster of well-polished furniture
[ U ]
a very special, attractive quality that people admire:
The dancing of the principal ballerina added luster to an otherwise unimpressive production of "Giselle."
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Quantities & units of light
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Beauty and attractiveness

luster | American Dictionary


luster
noun[ U ]
us/ˈlʌs·tər/

lusternoun[U] (BRIGHTNESS)


the brightness of a smooth or shiny surface:
The polished furniture had a rich luster.

lusternoun[U] (SPECIAL QUALITY)


the quality of being attractive or special:
The commercial district around the theater had lost its luster, becoming a magnet for the homeless and driving moviegoers elsewhere.

lustrous


adjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈlʌs·trəs/
This conditioner will give your hair a lustrous glow.

Examples of luster


luster
However, they found a science that has been beset by doubt ever since the eye of prophecy lost its luster.
Not translucent; light gray without any strong luster; gray banding is present.
These objects are exceptionally well polished and of unusual size and luster for the city.
Basically opaque black, some specimens are opaque gray and light gray with a medium luster; other specimens present dark-gray banding.
Leaves c luster a ccording to their placement in the understorey and clearing, but not according to their leaf-type.
Thus, flashing anomalous color contrast may depend upon the integration of luster and hue induction, combined with brightness induction dependent on the length of the radial lines.
That is only what the lusters for power and the theoreticians think about.
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The luster originated within the film itself, which contained silver and copper nanoparticles dispersed homogeneously in the glassy matrix of the ceramic glaze.
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Chalcedony has a waxy luster, and may be semitransparent or translucent.
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The hindwings are shining, pale brownish, with an iridescent luster in strong light.
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The forewings are uniformly black with a distinct golden to sometimes bluish luster.
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This clam had a thick shell paved with prisms of calcite deposited perpendicular to the surface, giving it a pearly luster in life.
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The forewings are fuscous with a slight coppery luster and with three large, pale yellowish spots.
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It consists of 6 whorls, which glisten with that peculiar spun-glass or flossy luster noticeable in so many abyssal species.
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It is a translucent white triclinic mineral with a waxy luster.
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